The series of discussions you have all listen to mr. Trump cap esther trump deal with National Security. National security is not solely about the military. It is comprised of many facets, defense, diplomacy, economic security, energy security, border security, cyber security, homeland security. [applause] the logical policy presentations that mr. Trump has delivered over the last few weeks lay out a sound strategic approach to providing the security of the nation, and the security of all americans. These policies comprise a holistic approach to addressing the complex facets of National Security in a complex and extremely dangerous Come International world. Moreover, mr. Trump combines this multifaceted approach to our security with a pronounced commitment to those in uniform serving our nation today. And in fact, all veterans who have worn the cloth of the nation. And that commitment extends to the families of those who have served. For as all of us in this room know, their sacrifice has been as equally difficult, if not more so than our own. George washington said the willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified shall be directly proportional , to how they perceive veterans of earlier wars were treated and are appreciated our nation. [applause] mr. Trump has embraced those words of our first president. Mr. Trump has also shown an extreme dedication to those that have shouldered the wounds of battle in the service to our nation. And we have several of those people with us today. Has committed himself to the words of president Abraham Lincoln words emblazoned in the motto of our department of Veterans Affairs to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, an d orphan. This is why all of us here are assembled to support donald trump for president. [applause] we have lived National Security for a large part of our lives. We understand how a strong economy, cooperative governance combined with skilled diplomacy, sound energy policy, sound alliances, and the netted american and the united American Public all defended by a welltrained, appropriately funded, fully committed and technologically unsurpassed military come together to make america strong and make the world a safer place. [applause] and finally, all of us on this stage, all of you in the audience who have served, you took an oath, you pledged, sealed with the honor and commitment in your own lives. I know it is not solely to our country, not to our flag, not to a chain of command, or not to a commanderinchief, but an oath to a piece of paper, a piece of parchment upon which is written, those ideals in which we believe, those values that define us as a nation. Those very virtues that those who have served before us, defended with their lives. And note to defend an oath to defend the constitution of the United States from all enemies foreign and domestic and to bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution. To form a more perfect union, to establish justice, to ensure domestic tranquility, and to provide for the common defense and to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. That oath is important to all of us here today. [applause] that oath remains the cornerstone of our lives long after we have taken off the uniform. That oath is important to donald trump. Well take in fact, that very same oath on january 20, 2017. [applause] assembled in this room, along with many other veterans, and their military families, all support his and deceiver president of the United States of america. Together, we will all make America Great again. Thank every single one of you for your service to our nation, and may god continue to bless our United States of america. [applause] it is my pleasure not introduce Lieutenant General tom. A west point graduate, but we will not hold that against him. [laughter] commissioned a Second Lieutenant of the army he then joined the , air force. Completed Pilot Training and went on to a long, distinguished military career, including assistant vice chief of staff u. S. Air force. His awards are numerous including the distinguished service medal, legion of merit, distinguished flying, bronze star. A true, Good American hero. [applause] thank you. It is very simple. We, all warriors here, are supporting mr. Trump because he has the only budget, the only economic plan, that can rebuild the military. [applause] if you elect Hillary Clinton, he will get 1 growth. Growthl get 3. 5 to 6 with this administration because he tells how to take the handcuffs off of americas economy. We need that. [applause] make it very clear to the american people, there is only one candidate that can rebuild the United States military, and make us great again. [applause] now, it is my distinct pleasure to introduce Lieutenant General keith kellogg, who is on the National Security part of mr. Trumps team. Doing the Transition Team for the a affairs v. A. Affairs. He had two tours in vietnam, the 101st Airborne Division and with special forces. He has a very distinguished career culminating in the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division. The allamerican division, and finally, finishing as a j6. God bless mr. Trump and god bless america. Keith kellogg. [applause] thank you. And i am honored to be on the stage today with these great americans. These are men who know the meaning of courage and sacrifice. I want to identify mrs. Jane horton, a gold star wife of chris horton. [applause] chris was a great, young sniper with the thunderbirds of oklahoma. God bless you and god bless what he has done as well. These great veterans behind me who have served as a well, we started last week, there were 88 who signed. We are over 165 today. [applause] these are men and women who have led at all levels of leadership. And believe deeply in his temperament, his leadership, his vision, and his guts to be our commanderinchief. [applause] for those of you watching, let me tell you a little bit about the people to support him. The people behind me and the people not here. Into the millions of americans who are hopefully watching. These are commanders who fought in afghanistan. They fought in iraq. They fought in mogadishu. They fought in panama. We have leaders have been wounded fighting for this nation. We have leaders who hunted down saddam hussein. One of the commanders we have on our team hunted down and killed pablo escobar, the colombian drug lord. [applause] we are in the middle of a change election. It is really quite simple. To those of you here today, to those of you listening out there, and to those of you watching, if you want to keep the status quo with all of its failures and promises of more of the same, then you know where you can go. But if you want to move forward we can becomewhat a what we should become and what we will be, then you will elect donald trump to be president of the United States of america. [applause] to those of you watching, join with us on the stage and join the millions who have already stood with us in the past months to carry this man, and with him, our nation to victory on the eighth of november. God bless you, and thank you. [cheers and applause] ok, without further ado, the person you are here to listen to, the next president of united trump. Donald j. [cheers and applause] mr. Trump thank you, everybody. [cheers and applause] chanting usa] mr. Trump thank you, everybody. Please sit down. We want to get back to work. Whether it is building the military or our country, we have to get back to work. We have a lot of work to do. We been we had been very much left behind. Speaking with the admirals and generals and all of the military people, we talk about the word the military has been so badly treated in terms of its equipment and the money being spent. And this is a time where we need our military perhaps more than ever. When you look at the number of ships, you look at the number of military personnel, you look at records forsetting all time lows. We cant have that. There is a world out there and it is not nice to say, but there are a lot of very, very evil people heading up potentially strong countries. We have to be prepared. We have to keep our country so great and so strong. And to have all of the support from so many generals, so many admirals, people i respect so much. They are smart some of they are tough, they know what is happening. Nd i believe in them totally and that is why the fact that they believe in me is one of the great honors of my life. So, i want to thank them. [applause] now, not to mention her in the same breath, Hillary Clinton, startedcampaign of 2008 the birther controversy. I finished it. I finished it. You know what i mean. President barack obama was born in the United States, period. Now, we all want to get back to making america strong and great again. [cheers and applause] thank you. Thank you very much. [cheers and applause] very, very briefly, i want to say, the big themes that have come out today first, we wanted to thank all of our military men and women who continue to serve this great country. It being a deplorable and wanting our country to be rate again, and wanting our country to be great again, that i am a deplorable. For those individuals who serve the military, the military, veterans and families who stand behind all the sacrifices, they are not deplorable americans. They are great americans. [cheers] one word came out and the theme of what you just witnessed, one word that came out is leadership. We need leadership desperately in this country. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, thank you. Thank you all for being here. God bless this country. Lets make America Great again thank you. [cheers and applause] [chanting usa] a congressional race in Santa Barbara, california became one of the most expensive in the country . A reporter covering the l. A. Times. Thank you for being with us. This is an open seat. Tell us about the two candidates. The democrat is a county supervisor in San Bernardino county. He was chief of staff and has been making his way up through local Santa Barbara politics for 20 years now. And he has the backing of lois capps and nancy pelosi and the democratic establishment. Justin freed is a 28 gerald. Own a Devices CompanySanta Barbara, and after graduating from ucla, worked for congressman ed whitfield in kentucky for a year before moving back to the district. And now he is making his second run for congress. Humana 2014, but did not make it to the primary. You said it was an expensive race. How much will be spent by the candidates and outside money . Right now, it is at 5. 5 million. 1. 5 million in outside spending. I expect that to go up. I dont know how much it will go up by, but i would expect because Santa Barbara is such a cheap media market compared to los angeles in the bay area. You can easily see another 1 million in outside money alone before election day is over. Are sitting ons about 200,000 for freed and 500 a 500,000 for the other. It will get more expensive before election day. And most of that money spent on advertising. [video clip] encumbers cannot agree on a budget, they shut down the government, keep their salaries. He sees things differently. When the Great Recession hidden thousands of county workers were for road, he stood with them and gave a part of his salary as county supervisor. Everyone was trying to make ends meet. If we are asking our employees to sacrifice, we should do the same thing. That is what leadership is all about. Justin freed, a Third Generation rancher, born and raised right here in the central coast. At Santa Barbara high, he was an unstoppable running back. Building a small family business, he would never take no for an answer. Justin went to washington long enough to realize the place desperately needs fresh ideas. Someone unstoppable. Choose fresh, choose freed. Im justin freed and i approve this message. Ads in two of the many californias 24th Congressional District that includes Santa Barbara. Justin freed the republican candidate. Joining us on the phone from the l. A. Times newsroom is happy air nzar. Are is javier pa you couldnt really get too more different candidates in that area. Justin freed is only 28 years old and his experience in politics he was a staffer for a year. The other one is spent years in he raises a lot of money not only for this race, but when he was running for county supervisor. He really got the backing of most of the powerful democrats in washington, nancy pelosi is , loisg him, lois capps cappss daughter, for a period time hit with a lot of attacks from freed for being a career politician. Not have muchoes of a career politics, so he gets to come at it from an addict, i am a new kind of republican. Really kind of run against the dysfunction in congress. Mistook about the demographics of this Congressional District. North of los angeles, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo who does it favor . It is an interesting district because for a long time, because of gerrymandering, it was known as the ribbon of shame. The district cut a thin slice of the coast from families of this boat to malibu sam luis opus align you go more in linen get into the more Country Club Republican crowd. You get more farmers, ranchers, there is a significant agricultural economy that is a larger city in Santa Barbara. The former Lieutenant Governor is a republican. It is an interesting area. Havees have democrats the advantage among registered voters. Been a sixpoint lead over republicans. Being a president ial year, that alone should favor him. A house race quickly becoming one of the most expensive in the country. From los angeles times, his work available online. Thank you for being with us. Absolutely, thanks for having me. For camping 2016, cspan continues on the road to the white house. We all want to get back to making america strong and great again. I am running for everyone working hard to support their families. Everyone who has been knocked down, but gets back up. [applause] live coverage of the president ial and Vice President ial debates on cspan. The cspan radio app and cspan. Org. Monday, september 26 is the first president ial debate, live from Hofstra University in new york. On tuesday, october 4, Vice President ial candidates debate at Longwood University in farmville, virginia. On sunday, october 9, Washington University in st. Louis host the second president ial debate. Leading up to the third and final debate between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. Taking place at the university of nevada, las vegas on october 19. Live coverage of the president ial and Vice President ial debate, on cspan. Listen live on the free cspan radio app. Or watch live anytime ondemand at cspan. Org. Are road to the white house coverage continues. Was atady Michelle ObamaGeorge Mason University in Fairfax Virginia yesterday and campaign for Hillary Clinton and senator tim kaine. She talks for just over a half an hour. I am. Baby, here Michelle Obama look at you. My goodness. [laughter] [cheers and applause] oh my goodness. Well lets get started here. [cheers and applause] you guys have been standing up for a while, right . [cheers and applause] so lets Start Talking about some stuff. [cheers and applause] first of all, let me just say, i am thrilled to be here today to support the next president and Vice President of United States, Hillary Clinton and tim kaine yes i have to do a few think use before we go in dance i have to do a few thank yous before we go in. I have to thank henry for that wonderful introduction for sharing his story, the members of congress who are here today. And i also want to recognize our outstanding dnc chair, Donna Brazile [cheers and applause]. [cheers and applause] i hear she lit it up, right . And of course, i have to recognize another great first lady of virginia right here, Dorothy Mccullough who is here. So glad she could join us, and of course, to all of you, our students of George Mason University look at you all woo let me say, it is hard to believe that it is less than two months to election day. Almost aty family is the end of our time. Yes. It is almost time. [cheers and applause] ,nd let me say, i have to say nope. [cheers and applause] four more years] workingave barack and i fo