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Different footing right now. Donald trump is on the offensive taking shots at Hillary Clinton over her calling half of his supporters, im quoting now, deplorables. That has become the nexus of his latest attacks. We have everybody supporting us, folks. Everybody. We have people we have people that have been so successful. We have some that havent quite been as successful. Let me tell you, we have everybody, because Everybody Knows what a mess our country is in. She looks down on the people who cook her meals, drive her cars and dig the coal that power her electricity. On the other side, you have the Clinton Campaign right now Hillary Clinton is scheduled to get back into the Campaign Game by thursday, and a Congressional Hispanic Caucus event here in washington. For now shes obeying her Doctors Orders are getting some rest while she deals with a bout of pneumonia that has put clinton and her campaign on the defense, spending the majority of their time explaining her illness and the reason her diagnosis wasnt revealed right away. I just didnt think it was going to be that big a deal. You know, i know chuck said today, he didnt tell anybody. Its just the kind of thing if it happen to you and your a busy, active person, you keep moving forward, and, you know, i think its fair to say, anderson that people know more about me than almost anyone in public life. Its so strange that with all of that information out there, and as soon as it became clear i couldnt power through, we, you know, we said what was going on. I think everythings a campaign issue. I think her lifestyle and her underlying indicator from Blood Pressure to amount of exercise to Everything Else means its almost certain shes in Better Health than her opponent, but we dont know, because he hasnt disclosed. The Clinton Campaign is pushing for more transparency from donald trump, from medical records to tax records to Charitable Foundation records, but for donald trump, hes got his foot on the gas now full speed ahead with his attacks against Hillary Clinton. Our National Correspondent Jason Carroll is in iowa right now at the trump event. Our White House Correspondent Michelle Kaczynski is with the president in philadelphia for the clinton event later this hour. Well have coverage of both. Stand by for that. Jason, should we expect donald trump to keep focusing in on that narrative and clintons deplorables comment . Reporter without question, wolf. Look, even before i walked into this venue i ran into a woman wearing an i love deplorables tshirt. She made it herself. One of the speakers just up a short while ago reached out and said what a great looking group of deplorables, and the crowd erupted with applause. Something, wolf, that touch add nerve with a number of Trump Supporters. The Trump Campaign knows that. Trump criticized clinton for this last night. Hes going to do it again today when when he take as stage a few moments from now. Expect more criticism. He says its more evidence that Hillary Clinton is out of touch with workingclass voters. So more criticism of clinton today. Tonight, though, wolf, we should tell you, trump will be talking policy when hes in pennsylvania. Hell be unveiling his child Care Affordability plan, his daughter ivanka trump planning to join him. Shes been actively involved in putting together this plan. So tonight its going to be policy, but today here in iowa, its going to be all that criticism and Hillary Clinton and that deplorables comment. Wolf . Were told hell hit the Hillary Clinton campaign very hard. Michelle, youre there in philadelphia. The president of the United States is speaking later this hour there. Were told hell be hitting donald trump pretty hard as well. What are you hearing about the tone, the substance of what the president will say . Reporter we know generally the president likes to stay out of the fray. He doesnt like to, even mention his name, when out in a public event like this. He will refer, though, to the republican candidate. In a setting like this he likes to give these kinds of digs, sometimes using humor to get the crowd going. Kind of like an aside. Hint, hint, we all know who im talking about, right . Its a press Conference Setting he is asked questions directly about certain things donald trump has said that he gets more cutting. That he really gets critical. Recently we heard him say that donald trump is not qualified to be president of the United States. And the president said he proves that every time he opens his mouth. I dont know hes going to be that critical here. I mean, at an event like this, where he has hundreds of people gathered, here in philadelphia, at the art museum, the steps, known as the rocky steps, e had likes to keep the tone positive. Likes to boost Hillary Clinton. Try to rev the base up, get people out to vote. Thats really what the white house sees president obamas number one goal being. Not necessarily to try to win voters away from donald trump. I mean, look at this. Obviously hes preaching to the choir, but they see him as motivating people to get the vote out. Thats whats really going to be critical, of course in this tight race, wolf. This is the first time, michelle that the president has gone out on his own, solo, to campaign for Hillary Clinton, but what do we expect in the weeks to come between now and november 8th, the day of the election . Reporter i mean, we did expect to see more. Remember a couple of months ago talking how president obama would likely be the most active president on the campaign trail in history, but we really havent seen that. Mainly because of his schedule. Remember that first event planned with Hillary Clinton had to be postponed because of the orlando shootings. So some unforeseen events got in the way as well. That was such a difficult time that he had to focus on and kind of cool things off a little bit. And we saw him out with hillary in july and, of course, two months ago on the campaign trail that seems like an eternity, but his schedule is still difficult this month. We just got back from a foreign trip. He has the u. N. General assembly coming up. Its really going to be october that we see him active. And weve seen reports out there and people speculating that he might spend virtually the entire month out on the trail. Our sources say thats probably not going to be possible, for it to be that that extent, we surely can expect to see much, much more of him as soon as we see october, wolf. Live coverage of his remarks coming up. Michelle kaczynski, thank you. And Jason Carroll with donald trump expected to speak momentarily. Thank you to you as well. Trading blows over Whose Campaign is less transparent. In an interview with cnns rndson cooper, Hillary Clinton tried to turntab the tables on trump. Youve got a medical report on me that meets the same standard at mitt romney and barack obama. Donald trumps doctor said hed be the healthiest president in history. Thats just not even serious. And ive released nearly 40 years of tax returns. He hasnt released one. This is a man with unknown numbers of partners and investors who says hes doing 120 foreign deals. The American People deserve to know what hes up to and what he is hiding. Lets bring in our panel, our senior political reporter with us, Time Magazine political Reporter Zeke Miller and Washington Post reporter ed okeefe. Thanks for joining us. Is this an effective strategy we saw her display last night in the phone interview with Anderson Cooper . I think so. We obviously know she has transparency problems and they show up in trustworthy numbers, in this episode with the health issue magnified nap in turns the tables on donald trump she has to make sure hes getting questions about his tax returns, the Clinton Foundation. The Clinton Campaign pushed this idea long ago that donald trump doesnt have, isnt judged by the same standards. Right . That he gets a pass on many of these things. The press sometimes lets him get a pass. So i think in trying to turn the conversation to donald trump, it is affected, and weve seen donald trump trying to do the same thing with her. I think it also waters down his key argument about her which is that shes the one whos got something to hide, shes the one looking in transparency. I think well continue to see her do that and donald trump. Hes under a lot of pressure, zeke to release his tax returns. Says he cant do that because hes still under irs audit. Earlier this morning on cnns new day alison cam wrought k camerota said are you calling him a liar . Taking his word for. It and taking Hillary Clintons word she was overheated and didnt have pneumonia or is going to be aspirational, uplifting, Start Talking to the press. Seriously, were running against a clinton and going to challenge someones veracity . That was Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway basically saying hes under audit. Are you calling him a liar, if you want proof. This is a sensitive issue for both of these campaigns but Hillary Clinton released 20 years of her irs returns. A lot of place, its been a race to the bot whum it comes to press access, transparency, voluntary disclosure of any sort of information. For instance, the basket of deplorables comment at a fundraiser Hillary Clinton had. Traditionally these, speaking of breaking with the president from mitt romney and president obama, Hillary Clinton generally doesnt allow press in her fundraisers. In terms of getting information out to the press in a timely manner, sunday morning, the health episode, she waited a while before telling the press about it. Donald trump and tax returns, yes, asking people to trust him, and yes, he does get a business of a pass, mostly from voters, not the press. Were talking about this now. His voters right now dont care hes not releasing tax returns. The president of the United States arriving in philadelphia, just moments ago. Hell speak shortly, later this hour, in philadelphia to Campaign Rally in support of Hillary Clinton. Ed, is there any indication at all you covered this very well, that donald trump is going to release at least some aspects of his tax returns . Eastern the years that are, that already have been audited . Up to 2008. He could release those. He could also just release the percentage of tax he paid the charitiability contributions he made. He could release that kind of information without jeopardizing his audit . Id say the Washington Post has been looking at this specifically, my colleague would be thrilled to see all that information, because its led to reams of reporting that include no comment from the campaign, and thus leaves all of these questions open. He absolutely could, and medical information as well. The excuse of, we, i may not have given anything, but hes worse. Sorry. Everyone at this table, everyone in this building and every News Organization should be furious with both of these campaigns for being so secretive, frankly, about this stuff, and it was encouraging to see the Clinton Campaign admit over the weekend perhaps they stumbled a bit informing uss all of these things but no excuse. This person wants to be the most powerful person in the world. Voters traditionally want this. Supporter upset with us about that, well, its because weve been doing it on think behalf these years and expect it this time as well. Remember in 2008, john mccain, 70, 71 years old released everything and invited medical correspondents like our own dr. Sanjay gupta to spend hours going through all the records and speaking to the physicians who treated him. Thats right. I dont think well necessarily see that this time. Although joe biden seemed to suggest maybe well hear from Hillary Clintons doctor on thursday. I guess well hear dr. Oz interview donald trump about hif an interview and veneer of access, but wont ask tough questions. Right. And dr. Oz has his own issues with credibility. You know, eve fln 2008, look back at that campaign, barack obama only released very minimal amount about his, you know, health records, in 2012. Mitt romney, same thing. Basically a single page, a physical kind of cholesterol numbers. So, you know, thats in some ways what Hillary Clinton is doing this time as well. He did say yesterday, donald trump, zeke, he had a complete physical checkup last week and would release the numbers later this week. I assume you refer, release them on the dr. Oz show . Said hed turn them over to dr. Oz. Dr. Oz did an interview this morning saying he wouldnt ask tough questions of mr. Trump. Interesting. See if he releases, that releases anymore detail than the one we got last year which was that comical two paragraph statement from his doctor that he then said was written from the back of a limousine that didnt reveal much ash the candidates health other than a doctor we dont know have us take his word for it. Releasing your medical records to dr. Oz is like releasing your tax returns to drew carey on the price is right. Ridiculous. If you want to do it allow all the American Public to look at this to whatever extent, release it on the website. Be transparent. Anything short, i dont understand in this day and age when so. Information is out there about everybody else, we cant learn more about them. What are they hiding . I had a chance to interview the Vice President running mate mike pence in the situation room last night and i asked about what Hillary Clintons been talking about this basket of deplorables, if you will, and we had this exchange. Let me play it. Im not really sure why the media keeps dropping david dukes name. Donald trump has denounced david duke repeatedly. We dont want his support and we dont want the support of people who think like him. You call him deplorable . Im not in the namecalling business, wolf. You know me better than that. This morning asked to followup up on capitol hill. He said david duke was bad guy but wasnt going to get into the namecalling again. Yeah. Calling him a bad guy, but a form of namecalling . They dont want to give up this talking point of deplorable. The Trump Campaign. Youll see i think trump talk about it today. And you see them releasing ads on it. He doesnt want to use that phrase, deplorable, that word deplorable, to describe david duke, because they like this talking point. They think it does them good, energizing supporters and theres proof it energizing Trump Supporters as well as Hillary Clinton supporters. Talk about name cacalling, lot more believable if donald Trump Campaign didnt come up with crooked hillary. And his campaign, namecalling. A lot more defensible on mike pences part. A lot of namecalling. There has, and this deplorable enters a vernacular and you didnt do that with joe the plumber, drill, baby drill. To be clear, the republican party, Reince Priebus on down, not supporting david dukes candidacy. Not running for the senate and made it clear. Clear that mike pence, denounced david duke. Right. Didnt want anything to do with him, didnt want supporters in all that but getting heat because he didnt say deplorable wouldnt use the d word. A word Hillary Clinton came up with and dont want to give it credibility. Could have come up with another. Thats the way it goes right now. Dont go anywhere. Vice president candidate mike pence was up on capitol hill today defending his decision not to call david duke deplorable. 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Reading something with folks, getting ready for his speech in support of Hillary Clinton. Trumps running mate, mike pence, meanwhile, spent the morning meeting with republican lawmakers up on capitol hill. Among those on thelet the texas republican senator former trump rival ted cruz. Lets bring in our senior political reporter manu raju up on capitol hill. Interesting, we remember the ted cruz, he had a platform at the Republican Convention in cleveland. Spoke there. But pointedly did not endorse donald trump. What do we know about what happened today . Reporter we dont know yet whether or not ted cruz will actually endorse donald trump before november. We know that mike pence and ted cruz have a pretty good relationship. Mike pence endorsing ted cruz in that ind republican primary. So clearly they have some some friendship they can rely on and having this discussion going forward, but both camps actually realizing that it would be beneficial to come to terms. Why . Because on the donald trump side of the equation, mike pence is here to help unite the party, and donald trump still having a hard time bringing a lot of his party behind him, particularly folks on capitol hill, people who supported other president ial candidates, people who frankly dont like the way that his campaign has been run. Mike pence trying to deal with that. Getting ted cruz onboard would help in that regard. Also on ted cruz side, wolf, he may have a primary challenge in his senate race in 2018 and his speech at the convention angered a lot of donald Trump Supporters, perhaps if he were to do a little more to help donald trump, maybe that would eleerch yate that tension heading into a possible primary challenge himself in 2018. So both sides seeing political benefit, could, and well see what happens when we talk to them. And republican leaders, including the speaker of the house, paul ryan, and remerged at a news conference. You were there. How did that go . Reporter asked about the issue whether or not he considers david duke deplorable. You had asked him about that yesterday, wolf, and he sidestep ed that question i dont get into namecalling. Mike pence, of course. Today asked whether or not he would amend that statement, whether or not he actually believes david duke, the former kkk leader is deplorable. Heres what he had to say. Donald trump and i have denounced david duke repeatedly. We have said that we do not want his support, and we do not want the support of people who think like him. And yesterday i was, i was asked a question about that, and i repeated that again. And the simple fact is that im not in the namecalling business. My colleagues in the house of representatives know that i believe that civility is essential in a vibrant democracy and its just never been my practice. So democrats jumping all over mike pence saying he should have called david duke deplorable. So this debate over the basket of deplorables, that comment that Hillary Clinton made on friday, still playing out, probably not going away anytime soon, wolf. Also up on capitol hill, very interesting. I was watching some of the coverage. The House Oversight committee holding a hearing on Hillary Clintons private email server. Tell us about this, because those who showed up to testify, it was pretty fascinating. Reporter yes. You know, you emphasize those who showed up. Bryan pagliano, one of the two who set up that private email server did not show up even though served with a subpoena prompting a bitter back and forth between the republicans and the democrats on that committee about whether or not he should have showed up to the hearing. Another man, justin cooper, a former bill clinton aide who helped set up that private email server was asked a bunch of questions about what he knew about setting up this server. He said he was not a technical expert. So didnt get into a lot of details for these members, but also saying that he did not have a security clearance while he set up this server. So this is going to just add fuel to the fire of that debate over clintons email server and republicans will go after mr. Pagliano for not showing up at todays hearing, wolf. This investigation will go on and on and on, i suspect even if Hillary Clinton is electsed in november, the investigations on the hill will continue to go forward. Manu, thanks very much. Manu raju reporting from capitol hill. Coming up, Hillary Clinton once again calling on donald trump to release his tax returns. This is new questions arising about trumps charitable contributions. Well discuss it with a Senior Adviser to his campaign, Jack Kingston. You see him standing by live. Well take a quick break. Well be right back. Farm fresh ingredients, stepbystep recipes, delivered to your door for less than 9 a meal. Get 30 off your first delivery blueapron. Com cook. Youthats why you drink ensure. Sidelined. With 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. For the strength and energy to get back to doing. What you love. Ensure. Always be you. Look at live pictures coming in from clive, iowa. Donald trump, getting to address a large crowd. Live coverage. Stand by in philadelphia. Meanwhile, another important event is about to take place. The president of the United States, president barack obama, hell speak at that rally on behalf of Hillary Clinton, the democratic nominee. Coverage of that as well. Stand by. New questions asked about the Donald John Trump foundation. Questions about the size of the foundation, where its money has come from and how much donald trump has personally donated to that Charitable Foundation. Answers that could be found in trumps tax returns if he were to release them. He has not released them pending an irs audit. Our Senior Investigative correspondent drew griffin joins us from new york right now. What are we learning today about this Charitable Foundation, drew . Reporter first, the Charitable Foundation unlike donald trump does have to release his taxes, wolf. Where were getting this information, from the Trump Foundations open tax records. What they show, donald trump hasnt given any of his own money to this foundation that bears his name since his last doan asi donation in 2008. Before that, gave more than 2. 7 million of his own money from 2001 to 2008. Where does the money come from currently . Well, his Foundation Gets money from many different places. But whats interesting is just how little of it there is, wolf. Just 1. 3 million in the latest tax returns. Hes gotten money from nbc. The company gave him 500,000 back in 2012. A year earlier, Comedy Central donated 400,000 to the Trump Foundation. And in 2009, World Wrestling entertainment gave 1 million. All of these, of course, entities that had business with him. In many cases if not all the recent ones, though, he simply takes this money, wolf, donated to his foundation, puts his name on it and gives it to people. So he uses other peoples money to make these donations. Who are they giving the money to . Its pretty wide. The Trump Foundation, not very specific. Its even given money to the Clinton Foundation, which has been reported, but also 100,000, for instance, to Citizens United foundation. Thats the conservative Political Group whose plareside has just joined trumps campaign. For two years the Trump Foundation gave lib really to the Palm Beach Police foundation. The group holds its policemens ball at the maralago every winter. But get this, actually charged the politician foundation for using the ballroom. Not a small amount either. Foundation tax records show it paid you trump more than 500,000 over the course of two years for two of the balls held there. And mike pence, Donald Trumps running mate said something weve heard before. That trump has given tens of millions of dollars to various charitable causing. Is there any backup youve discovered . Any backup for that . Reporter no, theres not, and we have been asking for quite a long time. This goes back months and months. The Trump Campaign insists that a lot of this negative reporting about the Trump Foundation is just inaccurate. The statement they center last night reiterates that, and reiterates that mike pence said. Mr. Trump donated tens of millions both through this foundation and otherwise. In addition it says friends of mr. Trump have generously donated to his foundation. Statement points out trump doesnt get paid. And that trump additionally makes regular personal contributions to charities and causes of his choosing outside of the foundation. Heres the problem. We cant really find much proof of that. Now, to be absolutely fair, wolf, donald trump did give 1 million to the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation earlier this year. A veteransrelated group. He also just did give 100,000 to a church in the hardhit flood region of baton rouge, but tens of millions of dollars, we just dont see any proof, wolf. Those contributions came from his personal account rather than that Charitable Foundation, the donald j. Trump foundation. Is that right . Reporter absolutely right. First involved the vet Charity Event in iowa. A lot of reporting pressure on him to tell us where that money came from and verified 1 million came from him and just did get off the phone with the church down in baton rouge, louisiana, that said they indeed got a 100,000 check from donald trump. Not the foundation. Interesting. Thank you drew, for that are the roing. For more on the questions about Donald Trumps Charitable Giving and other issues in the president s race we bring in a Senior Adviser to the Trump Campaign. Former Georgia Republican congressman Jack Kingston joining us from new york. Congressman, thanks for joining us. Great to be with you. You want to react to what we just heard from drew, in that reporting . Its very similar to what the Washington Post has been reporting as well, and theyve done a thorough investigation of his charitable contributions over the years. Well, a couple of things, wolf. Number one, drew did say that donald trump has given to his foundation, and he has given money outside of the foundation, and those numbers are extremely high. Im going out of memory here, but you may remember that when joe biden and barack obama disclosed what they had given to charity in 2008, i think biden had only given Something Like 300. Im not saying that is a fact right now, but my recollection. You may remember. It might be interesting to see how they donated to charity, but the other thing is, in terms of disclosing what he has given, hes abided by the law. He has given millions of dollars to causes, and he is required by law to get income from other sources, because the Trump Foundation is a public charity, and thats a legal requirement, that they have, but in terms of where the money comes from, and where is it going, we would lay down the Trump Foundation against the Clinton Foundation any day, because were all scratching our head about the Clinton Foundation. Im not saying sarcastically, maybe Donald Trumps spouse should be secretary of state and the money should pour in from foreign countries, got goodness sakes, this is a private citizen and his charity and i dont think hes trying to claim anything on it. This is something, you know, is more media driven than him making claims that vote for me because ive got the greatest charity in the world. I just want to point out in 2008, joe biden was a u. S. Senator. Barack obama was a u. S. Senator. And their incomes were obviously significant, under 200,000 a year as a u. S. Senator, but certainly neither one of them were billionaires. Donald trump says hes worth 10 billion, as you know. So somebody worth that much money should obviously be giving some of that money, a significant chunk of that money to charities. Right . Well, and i think he has done that and why charities pay close attention to donald trump and they like him, but point is, he still has given millions what drew has said, not just me, not just the trump folks, but he has given millions to charities and hes going to continue to do so. He likes to support a lot of causes which is what drew also reported. I think thats very interesting, but again, hes not saying thats the reason to vote for him. Donald trumps talking about the economy, about national security. Tonight hes talking about child care. Hes also talking last week about education. So hes continuing to talk about the issues which people who are underemployed, looking for opportunities, they want to hear, and i think some of this, wolf, sort of tends to be a side show. I know that mike pence, your Vice President ial running mate, he just released ten years of his tax returns. Hillary clinton i think has released 20 or 30 years of her tax returns. Donald trump hasnt released any of his tax returns. Do you think he says its because, since 2008, hes been under audit, but he could release some numbers. Wouldnt it be wise, given the fact the polls show a combined 62 of voters say it would be very important, or somewhat important, for the president ial candidate to release would it be wise to release at least some of the numbers what percentage he was paying for taxes, how much charitable contribution he gave . That kind of basic ninformation . That wouldnt violate audit rules if will you . Well, had e did disclose in may his Financial Disclosure which i believe that didnt show what percentage of tax returns, how much charitable contributions he was donating. Well, but two points. Its 104page report. So it does go into some details in his finances, but the second thing, remember, you actually had an attorney on cnn from steptoe and johnson, a tax return, who said if he was my client or under counsel, saying, dont disclose your tax returns during an audit, then i think thats what his situation is. He cant do it under advice of counsel right now. Congressman, stand by. You can see the president of the United States approaching the microphone. There hes in philadelphia. Firsto trip in support of Hillary Clinton. Hes working the crowd a little bit. Live coverage of the president , anxious to hear what he says about obviously praising Hillary Clinton and also presumably make some attacks against donald trump, the republican president ial nominee. I want viewers to stay with us. Also standing by, donald trump is getting ready to speak in iowa. Well show that as well. Lets listen in for the president right now. Hello, philly [ cheers and applause ] [ chanting obama ] hello, philadelphia oh, it is good to be back in philly can everybody, please, give patrick a big round of applause noor great introduction . [ cheers and applause ] ah it is it is good it is good to be back on the campaign trail. Now, now, i understand i am not i know im not the first person from the white house to come to philly this week. Some of you may have seen joe biden at the eagles game. [ cheers ] he told me barack, youve got to get on the wentz wagon. A new quarterback. Hope in philly. I had to explain, joe, i am a bears fan. And we play philly next monday night. So ive got to stick with my team, but i am going to go to philly and scout out what all the fuss is about. I i also am here because youve got some of the best Public Servants in america. They work their heart out every day for you. You got favorite son into addition to joe biden, senator bob casey. One of the best senators, and outstanding governor, tom wolfe is here. Your wonderful mayor, jim kenny is here. One of your outstanding members of the house of representatives, bob brady is in the house. Your candidate for the United States senate, this is a special woman. Shes going to do a great job, Katie Mcginty is here. And your candidate for attorney general, an old friend of mine, somebody who was with me early, early, early on, josh shapiro. Give josh a big round of applause. Now, i love you, too. [ cheers and applause ] but ive got to we got to we got some business to do here, so we got some business to do. This will be this this is going to be one of the last times i visit philly as president. And so, so my first order of business is to say, thank you. For all the support youve given me all of these years. [ cheers ] and i and ive got, ive got incredible memories here in philly. Most recently at the Democratic National convention. And i could not be prouder of the leader that we have nominated to take my place. So even though ive run my last campaign, i am going to work as hard as i can this fall to elect Hillary Clinton as our next president of the United States of america. [ cheers and applause ] [ chanting hillary ] now you know, in election season you will often hear crazy stuff. But ive got to say, this year weve been hearing a little more crazier than usual. Having said that, after almost two terms as your president , i am i am here to tell you i am more optimistic about our future than i have ever been. Look because because ive seen in america that for all the challenges, for all the noise of the politics, still has the capacity to come together and do great things. You think about it. We fought our way back from the worst recession in 80 years. We turned around a declining economy. We helped our Auto Industry set new records. Our businesses created 15 million new jobs. Slashed our dependence on foreign oil. Doubled our production of clean energy. Made equality in all 50 states. [ cheers ] we brought more of our troops home to their families. We delivered justice to osama bin laden. Through diplomacy rather than war we shut down Irans Nuclear program. Opened up a new chapter with the people of cuba. Brought nearly 200 nations together around a climate agreement that could save this planet for our kids and our grandkids. Thats what weve done. [ cheers and applause ] by so many measures, america is stronger and more prosperous than when we started out on this journey together. In fact, some of you may have saw, there was a a new report out just today showing that last year across every age, every race in america, incomes rose and the poverty rate fell. [ cheers and applause ] in fact the typical Household Income of americans rose by 2,800, which is the single biggest oneyear increase on record. We lifted 3. 5 Million People out of poverty. Thats the largest oneyear drop in poverty since 1968. [ cheers and applause ] the uninsured rate is the lowest it has been since they kept records. The pay gap between men and women shrank to the lowest level ever. [ applause ] so so, now, lets face it. Republicans dont like to hear good news right now. But its important. Just to understand this is a big deal. More americans are working. More have health insurance. Incomes are rising. Poverty is falling. And gas is 2 a gallon. [ cheers and applause ] i didnt even i thank you for reminding me. Thanks, obama. Yes. So the sets thteps we have beeng over these years are paying off. Weve shown that progress is possible, and, of course, none of this was easy. We knew all along that change wasnt going to be quick. We knew that we wouldnt meet all of our challenges in one term or even in one presidency. But were lehere today, becausee know we have more work to do for every worker who still needs a good job. For every worker who still needs a raise, or a decent retirement. For every child who still needs a worldclass education, or ladder out of poverty, for every family, who hasnt felt progress, weve got more work to do. We know that. And the choice that you make, that we make, just eight weeks from today will determine the direction of this country for a long time. And and ive already said this. This is not a choice. This is not the usual choice between parties and policies and left and right. This is more fundamental. This is a fundamental choice about who we are as a people. This is a choice about the very meaning of america. [ cheers and applause ] you know, democrats and republicans, weve always had our differences. Theres nothing wrong with that. Thats how the country moves forward. Right . We have debates. Different ideas. Compete. We see whats going to make us work. But in this election, this isnt abraham lincolns republican party. This isnt even the vision of freedom that Ronald Reagan talked about. This is a dark, pessimistic vision of a country where we turn against each other, we turn away from the rest of the world. Theyre not offering serious solutions. Theyre just fanning resentment and blame and anger and hate. And that is not the america we know. Thats not the america i know. [ cheers and applause ] the america i know is full of courage and optimism and generosity and ingenuity and innovation. Yes, weve got real concerns, we worry about paying the bills, we worry about protecting our kids, we worry about caring for a sick parent. Lord knows we get frustrated about washington and all the gridlock. We worry about racial division. There are pockets of america that never fully recover from the factories closing down, parents worrying about whether their kids will have the same opportunities they had. But, look, ive travelled in every state. And ive seen more than anything everything that is good and right about america. [ cheers and applause ] i see people working hard. I see folks starting businesses. I see teachers digging in their own pockets to buy School Materials and teaching kids just because they love kids. [ cheers and applause ] i see men and women in uniform serving their country, making incredible sacrifices. I see engineers inventing new stuff and doctors coming up with new cures and most of all i see this Younger Generation that is so full of energy and ideas that arent going to be hold back by old ideas. Imagine what can be instead of just what is. And i see americans of every party, every background, every faith who ultimately believe were stronger together. All of us, young, old, men, women, black, white, latino, asian, native american, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance to the same proud flag. That is the america i know. Thats the america you know and believe in. And theres just one candidate in this race whos devoted her life to building that america. [ cheers and applause ] a mother and a grandmother who would do anything to help our children do better. A leader whos got real plans to break down barriers and blast through glass ceilings. Widen opportunity for every single american, the next president of the United States of america, Hillary Clinton. [ crowd chanting hillary ] now can i just say i am really into electing Hillary Clinton. [ cheers and applause ] this is not me going through the motions here. I really, really, really want too elect Hillary Clinton. [ cheers and applause ] and sometimes, folks, you know, theyre kind of surprised by that because they remember, man, you guys had a tough fight eight years ago. And it was tough because hillarys tu. Every time i thought i had that race won. I was like going up rocky steps. I was about to celebrate and i look and shes right there. And i got whooped here in pennsylvania. She whooped me. Now you did make it up to me in november when i won. But i had seen what she could accomplish. I had seen how smart and savvy and tough she was so i asked her, i said, join my team. And she wasnt sure about it at first. But she ultimately knew that what was at stake was bigger than either of us. Thats the kind of patriot she is. And so for four years i had a front row seat. I watched her intelligence, i watched her judgment, i watched her discipline, i saw her in the situation room where she argued in favor of the mission for bin laden. [ cheers and applause ] i watched her pursue diplomacy to open up new partnerships to help promote democracy, to help reduce the Nuclear Threat and she worked hard tirelessly flying around the world again and again. I dont know how many times she lapped the world but she went around a long time. [ laughter ] because she had never forgotten what she was fighting for. To make sure every child has the same opportunity as her granddaughter and her daughters and your kids. And if theres one thing i can tell you, philadelphia nobody fully understands the demands of my job, this job of the president , until you sit behind that desk. Look, i didnt understand it before i had the job. You think you do. [ crowd chanting thank you ] hold on, appreciate that. But im not going yet, so save the thank yous. [ laughter ] im not finished yet. Ive got a few more months. [ cheers and applause ] what youre coming to realize when youre in this job is anybody can pop off, everybody can fire off a tweet, everybodys a critic, but that doesnt mean you know what its like to manage a global crisis. You dont know what its like to send a group or young people to war knowing some wont come back. But the closest you can come to understanding what its like is to be where hillarys been. To be part of that decision. She knows what it means for working families and Senior Citizens and Small Business owners and soldiers and veterans when we make policy in the white house. And in the middle of crisis shell listen to people and keep her cool and she treats everybody with respect and no matter how daunting the odds, no matter how many times people knock her down and mess with her, she does not quit. She doesnt quit. She doesnt quit. Thats the hillary that i know and thatsbly i wa why i want tr elected. Thats the hillary i admire. I believe there has never been a man or woman more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as our president [ cheers and applause ]. Now hillary has plans to help workers share in their companies profits, things shes heard about from you. To help put kids in preschool so they get a good start. And to put students through College Without taking on a mountain of debt. [ cheers and applause ] i know that these days in campaigns sometimes the plans get ignored but theyre there and they make sense and they add up and then theres the other guy. [ laughter ] donald trump. [ boos ] dont boo. Vote. Dont boo, vote. Booing is easy. I need you to vote. Look, lets talk about mr. Trump. [ laughter ] hes not really a plans guy, a fact guy. He calls himself a business guy. But americas got a lot of businessmen and women who succeeded without hiding their tax returns or leaving a trail of lawsuits or workers who didnt get paid. Is people feeling like they got cheated. Look, i keep on reading this analysis that, well, you know, trump has support from, like, working folks. Really . Like, this is the guy you want to be championing working people . This guy who spent 70 years on this earth showing no concern for working people. This guy is suddenly going to be your champion . I mean, he spent most of his life trying to stay as far away from working people as he could. And now this guys going to be the champion of working people . I mean, he wasnt going to let you on his golf course. [ laughter ] he wasnt going to let you buy in his condo. And now suddenly this guy cease going to be your champion . Sko so if y so if you oppose raising the minimum wage you should vote for trump. You should also vote for pat toomey. A trump toomey economy will be right up your ally. But if you are concerned about paying your bills, growing the economy, creating opportunity for everybody, keeping the trend of rising incomes going and rising wages going. And uninsured going down and poverty going down, if thats what youre looking for this shouldnt even be close. If you want higher