<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>September 29, 2023</p>\n<p>Ogden, IA</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p>A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR IN OGDEN, IOWA IS BACK ON THE JOB <tab />AFTER HE WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO THREATENING TO SHOOT STUDENTS OVER A PRANK.</p>\n<p><b>--VO SCRIPT</b>--</p>\n<p>THE INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST WEEK... WHICH WAS HOMECOMING WEEK.</p>\n<p>IT'S BECOME A TRADITION IN THE TOWN TO THROW TOILET PAPER ALL OVER TEACHERS' TREES AND HOMES DURING THAT TIME.</p>\n<p>BUT ONE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO YELLING AT THE STUDENTS THAT HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT THE STUDENTS IF THEY CAME BACK.</p>\n<p>HE WAS INITIALLY PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE ... BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNOUNCED FRIDAY HE HAS BEEN REINSTATED.</p>\n<p>HOWEVER -- THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALSO SAYS HE IS RESIGNING FROM THE JOB AFTER THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.</p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p>IOWA OGDEN SHOOTING TEEPEE TOILET PAPER HOMECOMING PRANK</p>\n<p></p>

SIBLING RIVALRY AT IT’S MOST ENTERTAINING...PRANKS! SISTER GETS HER BROTHER BACK FOR SEVERAL RECENT PRANKS BY DONNING A SCARY MASK AND JUMPING OUT AT THE POOR LAD!

MISC. CARTOONS #5 (2 IN COLOR)

A miniature schnauzer engages in playful activity, pushing a bright pink ball with its paw on a green lawn. The dog seems focused and entertained, set in a lively city park with trees and open space. The moment captures the dog's playful nature and love for games.

TAPE_NUMBER: EN9908 IN_TIME: 11:21:50 LENGTH: 04:06 SOURCES: SOURCE APTN/MEMFIS FILM RESTRICTIONS: NO RESALE FILM/VIDEO CLIPS FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: xfa Swedish/Eng/Nat SWEDISH FILM HITS THE SPOT AT BERLIN FILMFEST Scandinavian film makers were a strong presence at the recent Berlin Film Festival this year. Following hot on the heels of Danish film maker, SOREN KRAGH-JACOBSEN, who scooped the prestigious Silver Bear award for his film, "Mifunes", comes Swedish director, LUKAS MOODYSSON'S debut feature film, "FUCKING AMAL" (aka "SHOW ME LOVE"). The critically acclaimed film has also turned out to be a blockbuster in Sweden where it tied with "Titanic" as the recent number 1 box office hit. "Fucking Amal" was also selected as Sweden's entry for the Best Foreign Film category at the Oscars, although the producers were obliged to offer it with the alternative title of "Show Me Love" in order to conform with American linguistic sensibilities. Although the original title might suggest a love affair, Amal (pronounced "ormol") is in fact the name of the small Swedish town where the story is set. Made by 29-year-old Moodysson over thirty days in the spring of 1998, the film centres on a group of teenage friends growing up in Amal. Nothing out of the ordinary ever happens in this boring town until one day, lead character Elin (played by ALEXANDRA DAHLSTROM) goes to the wrong party. Stuck in the midst of two love interests-(one male, one female) and caught up in hilarious smalltown life, Elin tries to come to terms with her identity.The film is a contemporary story about longing, the joy and pain of being in love and the courage it takes to be different. Fifteen year-old Dahlstrom is supported by a strong ensemble cast including 18-year- old actress, REBECCA LILJEBERG, who plays Agnes, a young girl who has lived in Amal for over a year but still doesn't have any friends. The real adventure starts with Agnes reluctantly holding her 15th birthday party on the insistence of her well meaning mother. Certain that nobody will show up (-Agnes is rumoured to be a lesbian)-it turns that Elin and her older sister, Jessica (ERICA CARLSON) are the only ones who do. Feeling awkward, Elin and Jessica decide to pull a prank on Agnes. Elin kisses her passionately and then the two sisters run off to another party. But remorse sets in and when Elin returns to offer her apologies for such a silly prank, she finds herself kissing Agnes for real. Events become more complicated when Elin becomes implicated in a relationship with Johan (MATHIAS RUST). In the end, Elin must decide whether she will tow the line and follow convention or strike out and follow her heart. For further information about release dates in your territory, please contact MEMFIS FILMS in Stockholm on (+46) 8.33.55.76 or fax (+46) 8.30.99.34. SHOTLIST: BERLIN, FEB 17TH '99 SHOWS ; CLIP FROM "FUCKING AMAL" (AKA "SHOW ME LOVE") CLIPS COURTESY OF MEMFIS FILMS ; SOT DIRECTOR AND WRITER LUKAS MOODYSSON ; CLIP FROM FILM ; SOT REBECCA LILJEBERG AND SOT ALEXANDRA DAHLSTROM ; CLIP FROM FILM ; SOT MOODYSSON ; CLIP FROM FILM ?

<pi> ***This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment. Usage must cease on all platforms (including digital) within ten days of its initial delivery or such shorter time as designated by CNN.*** </pi>\n\n --TEASE--\nA BIRTHDAY PRANK GETS A LITTLE OUT OF HAND ...\nAND A GOAT GETS ELECTED TOWN MAYOR!\nCOMING UP IN TODAY'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!\n\n --SUPERS--\nPrefonted\n\n --LEAD IN--\nTWO SONS DECIDED TO PLAY A TRICK ON THEIR DAD FOR HIS BIRTHDAY ...\nTHEY HAD NO IDEO IT WOULD SOON GO VIRALWORLDWIDE!\nJEREMY ROTH HAS TODAY'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!\n\n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nA PAIR OF BROTHERS IN FLORIDA DECIDED TO CELEBRATE THEIR DAD'S BIRTHDAY BY RUINING HIS LIFE.\nIN HONOR OF CHRIS FERRY'S 62ND BIRTHDAY, HIS SONS POSTED HIS PICTURE ON A BILLBOARD ...\nALONG WITH HIS CELL PHONE NUMBER.\nTHE PRANK DIDN'T TAKE LONG to work its magic-- CALLS AND TEXTS STARTED FLOODING IN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.\nSaying happy birthday. I said who's this. He said Nick. Nick who? You don't know me. How do you know it's my birthday? I saw it on a billboard."\nFERRY ESTIMATES HE'S RECEIVED ROUGHLY 15,000 TEXTS AND CALLS SINCE IT WENT UP.\n"we figured go big or go home"\nALL KIDDING ASIDE, THE BROTHERS SAY THEY LOVE THEIR DAD AND HOPE HE HAS A GREAT BIRTHDAY\n\nHOW MANY JOURNALISTS DOES IT TAKE TO CATCH A BAT?\nTHAT WAS THE QUESTION WHEN A BAT GOT LOOSE IN WCBI'S NEWSROOM IN COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI.\nA COUPLE OF STAFFERS CHASED THE CREATURE BEFORE TRAPPING IT IN A CONFERENCE ROOM. \nIT WAS THEN SAFELY RELEASED OUTSIDE.\nNO INJURIES WERE REPORTED ... UNLESS YOU COUNT THE HEEBIE-JEEBIES\n\nOH AND ONE LAST THING ... THIS GOAT JUST BECAME MAYOR OF A VERMONT TOWN.\nYEP- LINCOLN WON BY THREE VOTES TO TAKE THE SEAT ATOP THE TOWN OF FAIR HAVEN\nTO BE FAIR, IT WASN'T A REAL ELECTION -- LINCOLN WILL REALLY BE MORE OF A TOWN MASCOT.\nBUT THAT DIDN'T STOP HIM FROM TAKING THE OATH AND PERFORMING HIS FIRST CIVIC DUTY ...\nRIGHT ON THE CARPET.\n\nFOR TALAT - I'M JEREMY ROTH\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nSOCIAL MEDIA TRENDING VIRAL VIDEO CAUGHT ON CAMERA ANIMALS JOKES PRANKS BAT GOAT FUNNY FUN CUTE CRAZY WEIRD WOW KICKER\n\n

Other People's Property

TAPE_NUMBER: EN9927 IN_TIME: 11:47:22 (TAPE 2) LENGTH: 01:03 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: No re-use/re-sale of film/video clips without clearance, No access Internet, Music/performance rights must be cleared. FEED: SCRIPT: xfa Title: Robbie Williams Date: Recent Location: Malibu No stranger to the top of the charts, now ROBBIE WILLIAMS plans to boost awareness of testicular cancer. Next week will see the ex-Take That star appear in a revolutionary commercial, promoting awareness of a disease which kills up to 11 000 men every year. Williams is no stranger to outrageous behaviour, and his appearance in this commercial is no exception. He appears, sporting a large pair of fake breasts. However, unlike most of his pranks, this one has a more serious side to it, as the concept of the commercial is to turn men's obsession with breasts on its head and turn their attention downwards. The commercial begins with a camcorder following a man on a jetski, which continually drifts off the man and onto bikini clad babes on the beach. The camera continues to do this until it spies a pair of large bare breasts and when the camera pans out, we discover the breasts belong to Mr Williams. Wearing a pair of red shorts, the 25 year old pop star, grabs his crotch and says 'Hey, you know, if you men spent more attention on these, instead of these', pointing to his prosthetic breasts, 'then maybe fewer of us would be dying of testicular cancer. So check them out.' The advert then finishes with the contact number for Everyman, which is the society for action against male cancer. Testicular and prostate cancer kills 11,000 men a year, primarily between the ages of 25 and 35. It has a 96 percent cure rate if caught early, but many sufferers feel too embarrassed to admit to the problem, and that is when the affliction can become dangerous. This is not the only cause the singer, who recently won 3 Brit Awards, is promoting. He is due to appear on July 10th at the Solidays AIDS Charity Event at the Hippodrome of Longchamps in Paris, alongside the Corrs. Williams has recently been trying to conquer the states with his album almagamated from various of his most popular hits, 'The Ego Has Landed'. For more information, please contact Everyman on +44 (0) 800 731 9468 SHOTLIST: FILE ROBBIE WILLIAMS AT BRIT AWARDS, FEBRUARY 1999; VIDEO CLIP `ANGELS'; TV ADVERTISEMENT?

TWO COLLEGE ROOMATES PLAY A NASTY PRANK ON THEIR FRIEND. ONE GIRL IS THE VIDEOGRAPHER WHILE THE OTHER ONE LAYS IN WAIT INSIDE OF THE DRYER TO SCARE THE LAUNDRESS!!

Girl goes down tiny laundry shoot! BAD IDEA (Footage by Chloetribe_/Doing Things Media via Getty Images)

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 --TEASE--
AN "IT"- INSPIRED BALLOON PRANK GOES VIRAL ...
AND A SEASON CROSSING GUARD GETS HONORED FOR 43 YEARS ON THE JOB.
COMING UP IN TODAY"S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!

 --SUPERS--

Prefonted

 --LEAD IN--
HORROR MOVIE "IT" IS SET TO CREEP ITS WAY INTO THEATERS THIS WEEKEND ...
BUT RESIDENTS IN A PENNSYLVANIA TOWN GOT A SNEAK PREVIEW ...
WHEN A BALLOON PRANK BASED ON THE FLICK POPPED UP ALL OVER TOWN.
JEREMY ROTH HAS TODAY"S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!

 --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--
RESIDENTS OF LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT "IT"
NOT THE SPOOKY, KILLER CLOWN MOVIE ...
BUT A BALLOON PRANK INSPIRED BY THE SPOOKY, KILLER CLOWN MOVIE
RESIDENTS STARTED NOTICING RED BALLOONS APPEARING ON SEWER GRATES ALL OVER TOWN
POLICE RESPONDED AND ROUNDED UP THE BALLOONS 
THEY ALSO TWEETED THAT THEY WERE "TERRIFIED" TO INSPECT THE EVIDENCE
BUT AS IT TURNS OUT, IT WASN"T A CREEPY CLOWN TERRORIZING THE TOWN
IT WAS A GROUP OF TEEN GIRLS JUST CLOWNING AROUND 
THE GROUP FESSED UP, AND REPORTEDLY MET WITH POLICE FOR A "FUNNY FOLLOW-UP"

A COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK STATE IS CELEBRATING A SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD 
FOR HER 43 YEARS OF KEEPING KIDS SAFE.
SUFFOLK COUNTY CROSSING GUARD DENEE (DUH-"NAY) WOOD ...
POLICES THE CROSSWALKS FOR SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL IN BRENTWOOD ...
AND HAS BEEN ON THE JOB FOR OVER 4 DECADES
SHE WAS HONORED FOR HER DEDICATION BY THE COUNTY"S POLICE COMMISSIONER ..
FLANKED BY HER CROSSING GUARD BRETHREN AND HER HUSBAND
SAYS SHE STILL LOVES THE JOB AND HAS NO PLANS TO HANG UP HER VEST ANYTIME SOON ...
"I love getting up in the morning, seeing the kids and getting my day started and finding out what"s happening."

FOR TALAT, I"M JEREMY ROTH
 -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----

 --KEYWORD TAGS--
SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDING VIRAL VIDEO CAUGHT ON CAMERA MOVIE CLOWN CROSSING GIARD HONORED COOL FUN FUNNY CUTE CRAZY SCARY



A school prank gone wrong on Long Island is caught on tape.Police said a group of students, dismissed early from Uniondale High School during the June 10th heat wave vandalized a 7-11 store.They're seen grabbing items off shelves and throwing items on the floor. According to police, they also stole candy and beverages from the store.Three teenagers are charged with riot and petty larceny.

VANDALISM

TAPE: EF01/0775 IN_TIME: 00:29:37 DURATION: 4:06 SOURCES: POOL RESTRICTIONS: DATELINE: 3 Nov 2001 SHOTLIST: 1. Mid shot Graphic: Photo of President Bush, RADIO ADDRESS, Presidential seal in background 2. SOUNDBITE (English): George W. Bush, U.S. President: "Good morning. As all Americans know, recent weeks have brought a second wave of terrorist attacks upon our country: deadly anthrax spores sent through the U.S. Mail. There's no precedent for this type of biological attack, and I'm proud of the way our law enforcement officers, our health care and postal workers and the American people are responding in the face of this new threat. At this point in our investigation, we have identified several different letters that contained anthrax spores. Among them were the letters mailed to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle on Capitol Hill, NBC News in New York and the New York Post newspaper. Four Americans have died as a result of these acts of terrorism. At least 13 others have developed forms of anthrax disease, either in the lungs, or less severely, on the skin. Public health officials have acted quickly to distribute antibiotics to people who may have been exposed to anthrax. When anthrax exposure is caught early, preventative treatment is effective. Anthrax can be treated with many antibiotics, and several pharmaceutical companies have offered medicine at reduced prices. The government is swiftly testing post offices and other sites for anthrax spores, and is closing them where potential threats to health are detected. We are working to protect people based on the best information available. And as we deal with this new threat, we are learning new information every day. Originally, experts believed the anthrax spores could not escape from sealed envelopes. We now know differently, because of cases where postal workers were exposed even though the envelopes they processed were not opened. Anthrax apparently can be transferred from one letter to another, or from a letter to mail sorting equipment. But anthrax is not contagious, so it does not spread from human to human, the way a cold or a flu can. Anthrax can be killed by sterilization, and the Postal Service is purchasing sterilizing equipment to be installed across the country. More than 30 billion pieces of mail have moved through the Postal Service since September the 11th, so we believe the odds of any one piece of mail being tainted are very low. But still, people should take appropriate precautions: look carefully at your mail before opening it, tell your doctor if you believe you may have been exposed to anthrax. An excellent summary of the symptoms of this disease can be found on the web site of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov. Remember, doctors warn that you can put your health at risk by taking antibiotics when you don't need them, so use antibiotics only after consulting a health care professional. If you see anything suspicious, or have useful information, please contact law enforcement authorities. The Postal Service and the FBI have offered a reward of up to 1 million dollars for information leading to the arrest and the conviction of the anthrax terrorists. And those who believe this is an opportunity for a prank should know that sending false alarms is a serious criminal offense. At least 20 individuals have already been arrested for anthrax hoaxes, and we will pursue anyone who tries to frighten their fellow Americans in this cruel way. We do not yet know who sent the anthrax -- whether it was the same terrorists who committed the attacks on September the 11th, or whether it was the other international or domestic terrorists. We do know that anyone who would try to infect other people with anthrax is guilty of an act of terror. We will solve these crimes, and we will punish those responsible. As we learn more about these anthrax attacks, the government will share the confirmed and credible information we have with you. I'm proud of our citizens' calm and reasoned response to this ongoing terrorist attack. Thank you for listening." STORYLINE: President Bush used his regular radio address to the American nation this weekend to reassure a people jittery over a string of anthrax letter attacks. In his most extensive public comments about anthrax so far, the president called recent cases "a second wave of terrorist attacks" on the U-S. He said there's "no precedent for this type of biological attack" and he praised law enforcement and postal officials for their response. Bush says as the nation deals with this new threat, officials are learning new information every day about anthrax. And in an effort to calm nervous Americans, Bush reminded radio listeners that anthrax is not contagious. He also says the deadly spores sent in the mail can be killed by sterilization - something the Postal Service is taking steps to do nationwide.

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TVU 20 PETE BUTTIGEIG ANAMOSA IA TOWN HALL ABC UNI 010220 2020 ANAMOSA, IA - At Pete Buttigieg's 4th event today, he held a town hall in the cafeteria of an elementary school for what's been his smallest, most intimate setting of the day. He received a two-part question during Q&A when a woman who said she has attended 5 of the mayor's events this campaign cycle. She called his message "refreshing to the daily tweet storm" from the White House. But she said she's constantly asked questions from friends of hers that are supporters of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. She first asked Buttigieg if any of his work at McKinsey resulted in any job losses. [180425] "I worked for a consulting company called McKinsey. That's probably what that question is about. My specialties were dealing with climate change and grocery pricing. Pretty sure neither of those led to any cutbacks. I did a study for an insurance company once that was trying to figure out how to make sure that they drew down administrative costs but I - I didn't really work on - on that side of it." [180550] For part of 2008 Buttigieg worked in the Toronto area analyzing prices for Loblaw's, a grocery and retail chain. The company was involved in a bread price-fixing scandal which Buttigieg has denied being involved in. In 2007, he was also involved in a study for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, looking at overhead costs. Two years later, the company announced double-digit rate increases for many plans and up to 1,000 layoffs. Buttigieg has said he doubts any of his work contributed to these moves. (More here: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pete-buttigieg-releases-list-clients-worked-mckinsey-consulting/story?id=67643262 <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FPolitics%2Fpete-buttigieg-releases-list-clients-worked-mckinsey-consulting%2Fstory%3Fid%3D67643262&data=02%7C01%7CJenna.X.Levine.-ND%40abc.com%7C2c639c7e92d941038d9108d7a773182a%7C56b731a8a2ac4c32bf6b616810e913c6%7C1%7C0%7C637161985110352698&sdata=d3CwFWGjQm0Jhu61aDkfozYrybt2G30Y%2BV0RgUgRv4I%3D&reserved=0>) Buttigieg transitioned out of his record at McKinsey by giving the woman advice on how to talk to her friends about some of the policies that the other candidates are offering that would result in job losses. "It's worth pointing out actually to your supporters of -- your friends are supporting Senator Warren and Sanders that the idea of Medicare for All whether you want it or not would mean 100% job cuts for anybody who works at any health insurance company in the country. So, I'm working toward a solution that would be a little more balanced." [180611] The other question the woman asked him was if Buttigieg would consider Sen. Amy Klobuchar as his VP. "Well, first of all, I have a lot of admiration for her and for each of my competitors and I -- and I think each of them will be doing a lot in leadership in some way, shape or form going forward and we'll be excited to team up with them in different ways." [180530] As Buttigieg began to start his closing remarks a man in the audience interrupted him. He described himself as someone who used to be an "extreme Republican" and also an "extreme Democrat" at points in his life, but now feels like an "extreme moderate," which made the crowd laugh. "I found a place in the middle where I don't have to care about the extremes anymore," he told the mayor. [181200] He didn't have a question for Buttigieg but was repeatedly thanking him for his role as a moderate. (Note: This moment was odd. I'm not sure if the man was being serious or some sort of prank. But he seemed to have good intentions. It didn't seem like he was trying to create a viral moment with this. He left the event quickly after it ended and I wasn't able to speak with him.) McKinsey-Klobuchar Question 180425 Q>> Hi Pete My name is Kelly, I do not live in Anamosa but I grew up and graduated from high school here. My first election memory is from 1988 when my fifth grade class held a mock trial in this building. If math is correct, my math is correct you were in Kindergarten that year. I also recall that election as the first time I was confused by the inferred relationship between being a republican and being a Christian. So hearing you speak of religious inclusiveness is very appealing to me. 180453 I've attended your labor day office opening an event at Ko college and four of your town halls across eastern Iowa. Your message is refreshing to the daily Tweet storm of insults and lies coming from the White House. My question relates to some of my democratic friends who prefer Bernie and Warren. Do you know this is the question I get from some of them: do you know if any of the work you did at McKinsey resulted in any job losses, and also when you win the nomination, what will you do to bring the Bernie and Warren supporters to you? 180523 PETE>> Yeah. Q>> And also, just have a comment, when you win the nomination, can you consider Amy Klobuchar as your VP? 180530 PETE>> Well, first of all, I have a lot of admiration for her and for each of my competitors and I -- and I think each of them will be doing a lot in leadership in some way, shape or form going forward and we'll be excited to team up with them in different ways. I worked for a consulting company called McKinsey. That's probably what that question is about. My specialties were dealing with climate change and grocery pricing. Pretty sure neither of those led to any cutbacks. I did a study for an insurance company once that was trying to figure out how to make sure that they drew down administrative costs but I I didn't really work on on that side of it. 180611 Although it's worth pointing out actually to your supporters of -- your friends are supporting Senator Warren and Sanders that the idea of Medicare for all whether you want it or not would mean 100% job cuts for anybody who works at any health insurance company in the country. So, I'm working toward a solution that would be a little more balanced. And I'm very skeptical actually of private insurance, and they seem to be skeptical of me. They attacked my plan as soon as it came out, but I'm just not ready to assume, sitting in an office in Washington that we're going to know what's best for people. 180645 I'm going to create that public plan that is going to be the competition that will either force the private plans to do better, or lead to them if they fail to do better winding up out of business and I can actually live with either of those outcomes because the point is not to make sure the government's delivering your health insurance. The point is to make sure that everybody is insured, one way or the other. So hopefully that's reassuring here, friends. And was there another bit in there> 180718 Yeah, well, its -- yeah. It's that look, we -- we clearly want the same things, not just across the democratic party but like I'm saying a lot of folks who don't think of themselves as dyed in the wool democrats but -- but share that desire to make sure that we deliver on everything from climate solutions to gun violence to better health care to wages for everybody. Making sure that preschool is available to everybody and that child care is available, dealing with the need for racial justice in this country. We view these issues, mostly the same, but do have a very real difference in approach. 180755 So, my point is when we've got a nominee we've got to remember that the differences among us are mostly in how to get there. And there is a yawning chasm between us and this current president. And this is not theoretical. He's in office right now. Imagine what he would do if he got a second term. And imagine what we could do. If we were activating that American majority that actually wants to solve these problems, unified not just about what we're against, but even more about what we're for. 180829 That is a coalition that I absolutely Welcome everyone into, even if they're enthusiastically for one of -- one of my competitors right now, especially if they're for one of my competitors right now because we got to build those bridges. And that will be my focus from the moment that the nomination is decided. Audience Member Speaks about Moderates 181104 PETE>> So as a kind of approach, I'd point to that as one of the first things that I had to learn how to do and one of the key things that are going to be needed for the next president. All right. [applause] I'm getting sign that we're out of time for questions, so again just want to thank you for, for being part of this conversation, and for -- 181123 AUDIENCE MEMBER>> Can I just -- can I just say thank you?I used to be an extreme Republican. And I was an extreme Democrat. And now, I feel like I'm an extreme Moderate. (crowd laughs) And I don't have the same passion necessarily I used to have, but I sleep better at night. And I just wanted to say thank you so much. My best friend doesn't really understand, cause he's still kind of a crazy Republican. 181151 But, I just want to thank you so much for helping me find -- (audience claps over him) 181200 PETE>> Well thank you. And welcome aboard. (applause) And the important thing I think you're modeling is not -- I mean obviously I'm glad you're here and I'm glad you're coming across, but I imagine your friends who view things very differently from you are still your friends for reasons that have to do with how you care about each other and not necessarily politics. And -- AUDIENCE MEMBER>> But, I-I found a place in the middle where I don't have to care about the extremes anymore. You know? 181221 PETE>> Well, and look that -- the way forward has to be for us to find those things we have in common, not that we're going to pretend to agree, not that we're always taking the average of everybody's opinions but that we, we see certain things that just have to happen. We just can't wait anymore to deliver these kinds of changes. And again, that's what I think the presidency is for. It can make these changes happen. Presidential leadership, even in the face of an intransigent Capitol Hill can deliver dramatic changes in ways that we absolutely need to get done.And that's what I believe the office is for. And that's why I'm asking for your help. TRINT TVU 20 PETE BUTTIGIEG ANAMOSA IA TOWN HALL ABC UN.Sub.01.wav [17:40:24] Thanks for the kind introduction. Thanks, everybody, for joining us. [17:40:28] This feels like a great space in that conversation, so I'll try to be brief so that we can really talk. But as you know, I'm here one more time. I'd like to ask you to caucus for me on Monday to explain why. [17:40:44] And it's been so moving and so exciting to be traveling through Iowa this time. We're doing five town halls today. And this is far more than the number of people that I could have got to come see me in the biggest city in the state when we were first turning up. I was hoping my to designers trying to explain how to say my name. [17:41:10] And then we came up with good judgment. [17:41:12] A lot of you, I think, solved the issue by just dealing with first name May or less Navy divers had to do the right thing with the caucuses as there multiple choice. You don't have to pronounce or spell anything, just kind of know what corner of the room. The standard. [17:41:25] Well, it's really struck me through this process of seeing how seriously Iowans take that responsibility that comes with the influence that you have. I think you're very mindful of the importance of really looking this over and kicking the tires and all of the ideas that we're bringing forward to. And I sense that we've started to really gather steam as a campaign. [17:41:48] And some Republican, you all would say things like, you know, that that was that was really good. I think you're in my top seven in very Iowa way. [17:41:58] Let me know where you're getting some. But now I see that we've come to a decision. [17:42:03] And if you're here as a supporter already, I'm so thankful to you for your support and counting on you to spread the word. [17:42:11] If you still make up your mind, then that's why I'm here to have one more conversation about how to win, about how to govern, how to move this country forward. [17:42:20] And in many ways, I think it begins by ensuring that we don't give in to the idea of having to choose between what it's going to take to govern well and what it's going to take in order to win big. [17:42:33] A matter of fact, I believe both of those require the exact same thing, and that is a vision that looks to the future. So join me in a vision for our near future. If you could just picture what it's going to be like the first time that the sun comes up. This is a day that really isn't our future. Sooner or later, the first day, the sun comes up over in Boston and Donald Trump is no longer the president of the United States. Scott. [17:43:05] Because that is the guiding image in this campaign for several reasons, but it's not just about winning. We'll come to that in a moment. [17:43:11] One of the reasons that I ask folks to think about that image all the time is think about what we're going to eat on that day. It's a reminder of just how many challenges will face this country on that day, just as they do on this day that are new and different from what we were dealing with just a few years or decades ago. I mean, that song will be coming up in a climate where we are now right here in the interior of the country, not just on the coasts, seeing the effects of climate change leap off the pages of the scientific journals and into our lives. [17:43:44] River cities like my own community in Indiana experiencing the kind of flooding that ought to happen once in a century on an almost annual basis that is here and that is now just as our economy is being profoundly transformed by forces. Not only that have been well understood for a long time, but others that are completely new the gig economy, the tech economy, the impacts of these kinds of automation that are profoundly different from anything we faced in the past. Meanwhile, internationally, we're dealing with global health security issues. [17:44:16] We're dealing with climate security issues. We're dealing with cyber attacks and election security threats mounting as we speak. On top of all of the things we used to know that we had to deal with it are still there like military and counterterrorism. And the next president will have to face those deeply different and new issues, all while contending with a Washington that is more polarized and paralyzed and divided than we have seen in a lifetime. [17:44:43] That's what's up. And I'm not telling you that to paint a grim picture. I actually think this is exactly what the presidency is for. It's dealing with those kinds of challenges. But as a reminder of what we're going to need in order to govern is a vision for that future that can move us toward dealing with those problems. Now, I also do believe that that is how we win. And one way to look at it is to just think about how we always win when my party succeeds in earning the White House. [17:45:11] Consider this that over the last 50 years, every single time my party has won the White House, we have had a candidate who is looking to the future, a candidate who is offering something new in national politics and a candidate who is opening the door to a new generation of leadership that's mature every single time that we win. And if there's one thing that I see that folks having come from Democrats to independents to the kinds of what I like to call future former Republicans who are come to my events. [17:45:43] And you're very welcome to be here if that applies to folks in different states and certainly in Iowa. It's making sure we get this right and making sure that we do succeed. So this is where what I'm offering is different from my competitors. And let me be clear. This is an honest and respectful but meaningful difference of opinion and difference in approach with vise President Biden. The message is that this is no time to take a risk on someone. [17:46:12] I'm here to make the case that history has taught us that the greatest risk we could take going into a high stakes election would be to fall back on the familiar. When we're dealing with something that is completely new in our politics, like this crisis, and then you've got Senator Sanders, I think, speaking for values and ideas that that everybody broadly can share in terms of the goals. [17:46:35] But in a political framework that makes it feel like you're either for a revolution or got to be for the status quo. And there's nothing in between where actually the striking thing about the moment that we're in is that there's a healthy, strong American majority ready to come together and deliver on these big ideas even more than we had just a few years ago to get health care to every single American. [17:46:57] Just not wild about the idea of taking people off their plans if they weren't ready to make college affordable with the biggest expansion of help for college since we've seen in the G.I. Bill. Just maybe not wild about insuring that we're even paying for the children abilities and insisted that we've got to make sure that we make it affordable, not just to go to college, but also to not go to college in this country and take care of everyone. We have a strong, powerful and new American majority to get these things done. [17:47:25] And so the one thing we can't afford to do is get caught up in the politics of the past, whether it's in the distant past and arguing over who said what about Social Security in the 1990s. I'm worried about protecting Social Security today or whether it's the recent past and reliving the 2016 primary. I did not much care for that experience the first time around. I definitely don't want 2020 to resemble 2016 in any way. [17:47:51] The best way to win is the best way to go to leave the politics of the past in the past and to move forward together in a way that everybody can see where they fit in a politics defined by belonging by both. That's by action. That's one of your goals. In other words, I'm asking you for your support based on the idea that the presidency has a purpose and the purpose of the presidency is not to gloat. [17:48:29] It seems that the nature of that, that American desire to do things differently, I'd worry that I go from desire to make sure that this is an economy, the values work where you and I are actually paying the same or less in taxes than multinational corporations on their billions of dollars in profit. Currently paying zero. Making sure that we are acting not only to deliver health insurance to everybody, but to deal with addiction and mental health. [17:48:54] Just as openly as we do physical medical issues with a desire to act on climate change before it's too late and do something about gun violence and not allow the Second Amendment to be used as an excuse to do nothing whatsoever to keep our schools and our kids safe. A desire to ensure that we're supporting our educators. And yes, that he's a secretary of education who believes in public education and cares about supporting. [17:49:27] An insistence that we become a country where your race has no bearing on your health or your wealth or your access to educational opportunities or your relationship with law enforcement. [17:49:37] We're gonna act now to make that happen. A readiness to engage with people of different faith traditions. Understanding this country belongs to people of every religion and no religion equally. But also let voters of faith know that they have a choice and that we might be paying more attention to the idea of taking care of the least of these at a time like this. [17:49:56] This is an opportunity to knit together a different kind of coalition that can call out yes to Democrats, call out to independents, call out to those future former Republicans, and call out to every region in the country, too, because the issues that are facing economic affect all of us. We need to be healthier and stronger in rural areas and suburbs and in cities. And I see in the stories of people that I've been how clear it is that all politics is not only look, it is personal. [17:50:29] Just as it has been in our own story as a family, I'm seeing it in the stories of folks that I meet every stop. We go to on the campaign trail from a woman in Fort Dodge whose husband has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. And she's asking why it is that it'll take two years to get him on Medicare when he may only have a matter of months. Therefore, he's working in days that are becoming more precious each passing day just to be able to get health care. [17:50:55] I'm hearing stories of folks like the woman who introduced me in Webster City. She's a preschool teacher. So we can agree we need a lot more people ready to step up and do. And she said I was hoping I'd have a chance to see you. And it's lucky that it's today, she said, because I only get a day off every two weeks because being a preschool teacher qualified full time. She also has to work at Heidi just to make the bills. [17:51:21] In a country where one job ought to be enough. But I'm see the moral imagination it's going to take to solve these problems in the faces of people I'm encountering right here in Iowa, too. I'm thinking a lot about a high school student stood up in Emmitsburg to ask me about what was going on at the border, not because she had ever been there, but because she's still considered a personal issue after her family was divided when her father walked out. [17:51:55] And that meant that when she looks at the news and sees what this president is doing to families at the border, she has a sense of what family separation meant to her and could put herself tried to put herself in the shoes of perhaps a 5 year old Salvadoran boy at the border in Texas, a thousand miles away from where she lives and understands morally the urgency of becoming a country that actually deals with immigration in a way that matches our values as well as our lives. [17:52:20] If that level of moral imagination exists among people in Iowa, some of them not yet old enough to vote, then surely we can't deliver that to Washington and make Washington start to resemble our best communities before it starts going the other way around. [17:52:41] One more story for you. I, by chance, as a result of being on the campaign trail, was in an airport where I ran into somebody that I had served with and hadn't seen since we were both in Afghanistan, hadn't seen since she was injured in an insider attack while we were both deployed there. And I asked her how she was doing. And she was wearing a T-shirt from the Wounded Warrior Project that said some assembly required. [17:53:08] And she lifted up her knee, tapped on her leg, tapped on her prosthetic leg, and then said, the Navy fix me up just fine and then said that she's looking forward to her upcoming deployment. These people who wear this country's uniform will do whatever is required and expected of them by the United States of America. [17:53:24] That is why it is a personal matter for so men and their families. Then we got a commander in chief who actually knows that supporting our troops means ensuring are never asked to go into harm's way unless it's a very good reason and no alternative. That's what's at stake. [17:53:46] So I say all of this to say that I see more than enough to solve America's problems right in the faces of the people that I'm meeting in Iowa and the other states I'm traveling to, by way, in this campaign. [17:53:59] And the question is just going to be whether or not we can deliver on whether we watch what's going on in Washington and feel so discouraged and despondent and exhausted. And I'll admit that it's pretty exhausting to watch the news right now. I'm right. I live and breathe politics and I'm right there with you. [17:54:16] But this is our chance to respond, not to give in to that temptation, to walk away from it all, but rather to remember that the thing about being alive and American and eligible to vote in the year 2020 is we get to do something about it. [17:54:30] This is our chance. If the senators are the jurors today, then we are the jurors tomorrow. And this is an opportunity to send a completely different message so strong that it will be felt even on the floor of the United States Senate. That's what began on Monday. [17:54:54] But I promise to keep my eye opening short, but hopefully that gives you a sense of the stories and the values that are motivating this campaign. I think we have somebody with a microphone who can help come to you. Terrific. They'll come to you. Hold and everything. And I'll try to be concise so we can take up as many questions as possible. [17:55:13] If you're elected president, many of us, you're probably hoping that there is a Democratic majority in the Senate, 20 21. But if the Republicans fail, then how would you plan to work with them on climate change? [17:55:27] Well, it won't be easy for sure, but I'm somebody whose first instinct, I think is the first instinct of any major is to try to reach across the aisle and work together in good faith. I mean, I'm from Indiana. I went to three Republican governors. I found ways to work with each of them, even though we disagreed fiercely on a lot of things. So we begin with that effort in good faith outreach. [17:55:51] If that's not working, then the other thing we have to fall back on is that these kinds of things I'm talking about, from climate action to common sense gun law to doing something about wages and family leave, these are things that most Americans want to see happen even in more conservative states. So the senator is getting in the way. They're not only defying the White House, they're actually defying their own voters. And a big part of what I would be spending my time on is traveling to the home states in the backyard. [17:56:18] So those who are getting in the way to me that that's the best use to the big the big airplane that comes with the Oval Office that the president likes to use for the purpose of traveling among golf courses with his name on it. I don't even golf, so I won't be using it for that. But I'll definitely be using it to go out and make sure that voters understand if there's daylight between them and their own senators and particularly with regard to climate. I think we also have a responsibility in my party to do our part to make this not a partisan issue. [17:56:48] It's too important to be a partisan issue like the two parties couldn't agree on whether it was important to treat cancer. This is existential for the whole country. And so we've got to do is take away the sense that I think some Americans have gotten the accepted climate science would be a defeat for them. I think that that message has gone out to industrial workers, even though we're going to create 3 million million net new jobs and actually Johnson Industry and union construction. [17:57:14] John Sweeney, one of the main kind of jobs we're going to create as we retool for the carbon neutral economy. We've got to be I think rural America has sometimes been made to feel like environmental improvements are at their expense. We got to make sure that farmers not only are encouraged to practice the kinds of soil management cover crop techniques that could be part of the solution, not only encouraged to do it or pressured to do it, but paid to do. [17:57:39] If we could find billions of dollars for MFP program to take the edge off of a trade war never should happen in the first place. Surely we can find billions of dollars to invest in actually supporting farming as part of the frontier of how we deal with these issues. [17:57:53] And so my point is overall we need to turn this into a national project that becomes as bipartisan is going to happen because it's going to be just as hard or harder and just as important or more. And that'll be my focus to help change the politics so that when we think about the topic of climate, the number one feeling that we get before I get to the policies, the feeling is not one of guilt or doom, which are paralyzing emotions, but one of pride that we can all be part of the solution. [17:58:32] So how can I be a young person getting involved with politics or just getting out the vote? [17:58:38] Yeah. How old are you? I'm 68, 68. All right. Awesome. All right. Happy birthday. [17:58:47] Well, one of the amazing things about this moment is how much impact you can have, even if you're not yet old enough to vote first while you're here. Which is just great. You're already involved, which means you're ahead of the curve. And you can persuade. You can organize. You volunteer. Let me also mention I'm here by way of presidential politics. But in local politics in particular, you can have a huge impact. [17:59:08] I've seen votes go differently in local bodies because unlike Congress, where we actually have to be invited in order to testify, there are a lot of local government process agreed to show up, say your mind and if you have something to say here. But not just on a local issue, on the big local issues. Part of what's remarkable about our moment, I think, is that young people are bringing the moral authority of those with the most at stake into the conversation. [17:59:35] We've got to understand is when when someone your age or younger is raising a question about how to make sure climate doesn't ruin your future or how to keep your school safe. That arouses a pretty powerful sense in any responsible adult, the voice in your head and saying, don't let this person down. And I think that's part of why things are shifting, right? [18:00:00] Gun violence is part of why things are shifting online. The person of the year, right. Chief, you wouldn't be old enough to vote if you were married. And the influence is so powerful that unlike what you hear about from the 60s when a young generation rose up to kind of protest against their parents. Right. [18:00:18] What I see right now in these climate actions, gun violence actions and other things, is young people taking to the streets, demanding that this country be better and their parents and grandparents and their side cheering them on because they want you to thrive. And so never underestimate the amount of moral authority you have, whether it's as an activist or somebody get involved directly in the political process to shape these conversations even before you get that opportunity to express your. [18:00:55] I know a lot of you talk about paying teachers more, but a lot of the issues with teaching nowadays is student behavior. Parents getting really mad about things. My sister is a first year teacher right now. She's had students threaten to throw stuff that are. I know a teacher that's got bullets tapes her real when she's not. Yeah. So there's a lot of issues. I teach at a private school. I know I don't get paid as much as public school then. Part of that is I get better behavior and more support here. And so what are some things you can do to help teachers decide to get more money? [18:01:32] Well, first of all, thanks for being a teacher. And you know, I am I'm married to a teacher on this one. [18:01:46] So I get an education about education all the time, and I've seen Charleston. [18:01:55] It's not just classroom parent management. Sometimes it's parent adult binge. Sometimes it's the harder it is engaging everything that surrounds whether it can succeed. Not only that, you're being inspected often to supply your own classroom. Now, there are some folks who expect you to turn into a highly trained armed guard if there is danger to the school. [18:02:14] . And I'm not that surprised now that when I'm talking to teachers, pay is not always the number one thing I hear. Get me wrong. We definitely need to pay teachers more than once. You put. I should say the number one issue on here about from teachers in Iowa is mental health. [18:02:32] And it ties back to some of the issues of the behavioral concerns you see. And it's why I'm proposing not only that we establish mental health, first aid training and make that available to teachers, but we also build a better system. What's the point of training you and how to identify mental health issues if you've got nowhere to refer somebody to if you find it right? That's where we got way too many gaps in our system. [18:02:53] And it's going to take funding, federal funding. We want to solve everything out to Washington. Not all the answers should come from Washington the way or the money show. And we're proposing healing and belonging grants for community initiatives, including those based in our schools to help make sure we have better resources for mental health and support teachers in what we we're asking you to manage. [18:03:15] We've also got to give teachers the freedom to teach. So if you are reduced by test administration to having your job halfway automated, I think it makes it that much harder for those who are pursuing this this career, not for the glamor, not for the money, but out of the desire to practice a craft that is supporting kids. We need to make sure that we are investing in the staff and the physical plant that it makes for a safe and secure learning environment. [18:03:46] And we need to make sure that we are investing in all of the different areas where teachers are teaching and making a difference, not only STEM, which is very important because what's changing in our economy, but also, you know, we're not just educating future workers. We're educating future citizens and parents of voters and neighbors. That's why it's so important to support social and emotional learning. It's why humanities, education and arts education earned in civics education are not a luxury. [18:04:13] They're a necessity. And we shouldn't be supporting teachers in that area. [18:04:25] Hi, my name is Kelly. I do not live here, but I grew up and graduated from high school here. My first election memories from 1980. [18:04:33] Great time with this building, if math is correct, my math is correct, you are correct. [18:04:40] I also recall that election is the first time I was confused by the inverse relationship between being a Republican and being a Christian. So hearing you speak. Any time in your Labor Day office, only medical college and four of your town halls across Iowa. Your message is refreshing to the daily tweet, tweet, storm of insults, lies coming your way. [18:05:05] My question relates to my Democratic friends anymore. Do you know this is the question again? Do you know if any of the work you did that resulted in any job losses? And also when you win the nomination, what will you do to bring Bernie and more supporters to you? They also just have a comment. When you win the nomination, can you consider any charge? [18:05:35] Well, first of all, I have a lot of admiration for her and for each of my competitors. And I think each of them will be doing a lot in leadership in some way, shape or form going forward. And we'll be excited to team up with them in different ways. I work for a consulting company called McKinsey. That's part of what that question is about. My specialties were dealing with climate change and grocery pricing. I'm pretty sure neither of those led to any cutbacks. [18:06:01] I did a study for an insurance company once that was trying to figure out how to make sure that they got administrative costs, but really work on on that side of it. Oh, it's worth pointing out actually to your supporters and your friends, be supporting Senator Warren and Sanders that the idea of Medicare for all, whether you wanted or not, would be 100 percent job cuts for anybody who works in any health insurance company in the country. So I'm working toward a solution that would be a little more balanced. [18:06:32] And I'm very skeptical, actually, of private insurance. And they seem to be skeptical of me. They attacked my plan as soon as it came out. But I'm just not ready to assume sitting in an office in Washington that we're going to know what's best for me. I'm going to create that public plan that is going to be the competition that will either force the private plans to do better or lead to them if they fail to do better. [18:06:54] Winding up out of business. And I can actually live with either of those outcomes because the point is not to make sure the government's delivering your health insurance. The point is to make sure that everybody is insured one way or the other. So hopefully that's reassuring. And was there another? [18:07:16] Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's. Yeah. It's good. [18:07:19] Look, we we clearly want the same things, not just across the Democratic Party. But like I'd say, a lot of folks who don't think of themselves as dyed in the wool Democrats would share that desire to make sure that we deliver on everything from climate solutions to gun violence, to better health care, to wages for making sure that preschool is available to everybody and the child care is available dealing with the need for racial justice in this country. [18:07:47] We view these issues mostly the same, but do have a very real difference in approach. So my point is, when we've got a nominee, we've got to remember that the differences among us are mostly in how to get there. And there is a yawning chasm between us and this current president. And this is not theoretical. He's in office right now. Imagine what he would do if he got a second term and imagine what we could do if we were activating that American majority that actually wants to solve these problems, unify not just about what we're against, but even more about what we're for. [18:08:28] That is a coalition that I absolutely welcome everyone. It even if they're enthusiastically for one of one of my competitors right now, especially if they're for one of my competitors right now, because we got to build those bridges. And that will be my focus from the moment that the nomination is decided. [18:08:53] My theory is you have an example of something that you were most proud of and did in the city of South Bend and then started transfer that to how those skills and abilities will show what you could do in the White House. [18:09:12] Yeah, well, you learn a lot in a hurry when you're there because you think the problem is you get to your desk or ones where there's not going to be an easy answer. And one of the things I've learned is what to do when there's a real difference of opinion about what to do among your advisors. Let me share a little bit about building a team, because I think the first thing that I've learned as mayor was how to organize an administration. And I decided on certain principles that were really important from the get one. [18:09:49] I wanted everybody to be smarter than me, especially whatever it is they were in charge of, too. I wanted people who are committed to what it was they were working on that should go without saying. But right now we have to actually specify that one. [18:10:04] For example, the head of the EPA Police, an environmental protection attorney general, San Diego, an attorney for the American people, and not just for the president. [18:10:14] Right. I was looking for people at a diversity of experience, racial, gender, but also life experience, because those different perspectives need to be at the table. And above all, I was looking for truth tellers, people who would tell me what I needed to hear even or especially if I didn't want folks who would let me know that. And one of the things I learned is that as an executive, you earn your paycheck. [18:10:44] A lot of the times in those moments when different people who you trust, who you consider are smarter than you and know what they are doing, do not agree on what to do and they come to you at a certain point, there's no one else developing a level of comfort. [18:10:58] Making those kinds of decisions is one thing that presidents and mayors have in common. So is this the kind of approach? I point to that as one of the first things that I had to learn how to do. And one of the key things that are going to be needed for the next president. [18:11:16] They decide the right questions, so they just want to thank you for for being part of this conversation and for that. [18:11:24] Thank you. [18:11:25] He's a Republican and I was an extreme Democrat. Now I feel like I'm an extreme moderate. [18:11:36] I have the same passion necessarily. I used to have, but I sleep better at night. [18:11:41] I just want to say thank you so much. My best friend doesn't really understand because he's still kind of a crazy Republican. But I just want to thank you so much for helping me find. [18:12:01] And the important thing I think you're modeling is not about us. I'm glad you're hearing about it coming across. But I imagine your friends who view things very differently from you are still your friends for reasons that have to do with how you care about each other, not necessarily politics. [18:12:13] Yeah, but I kind of play in the middle or I don't. I don't have to care about playing ball. [18:12:20] And look that the way forward has to be for us to find those things we have in common. Not we're gonna pretend to agree. But there were always taking the average of everybody's opinions. But the week we see certain things, you just have to have. We just can't wait anymore to deliver these kinds of changes. [18:12:37] And again, that's what I think the presidency is for. It can make these changes happen. [18:12:41] Presidential leadership, even in the face of an intransigent Capitol Hill, can't deliver dramatic changes in ways that we absolutely need to get done. And that's what I believe the office is for. And that's why I'm asking for your help. Let me leave you with one other thought that I think is important at a moment like this. And it's a defense of the idea of hope in politics. [18:13:03] And I know that sounds strange, especially now I know why I hope went out of style in our political vocabulary because we're in such a bleak and divided and tough and sometimes cruel moment. But the reason I'm asking you to consider that is that I would argue that some sense of hope must have propelled him into this room, that you wouldn't be here if you didn't have some sense that it matters who gets their hands on the mechanics of the American government and what their values. [18:13:30] And that is also true if people are wrong. There's a reason why they took the word hopeful, turned it into a noun, and now use it as another word for candidate. Have you noticed this? I remember presidential hopeful. It's going to be a here. [18:13:46] I think that captures the fact that running for office is an act of hope. And so is caucus. And so is volunteering. So it's. [18:13:54] And I'm hoping that you can bottle up whatever sense of hope made you think it is worth spending this time in this room with me right now and take it to those, you know, who or maybe this close to getting into that sense of exhaustion. I was talking about following the news and remind them that this is actually our chance to answer that exhaustion with action. And that begins right here in Iowa. [18:14:14] And Iowa has this wonderful knack for expanding what people think is possible. First time ever set foot in this state was as a campaign volunteer for a senator from Illinois. Here for the last few days, leading up to the Iowa caucuses wound up in Murray, tiny town in south central Iowa and saw this process unfold in Song, Iowa change what America believed was possible when it came to presidential nominee. [18:14:45] And then a couple years later, I wasn't here, but I was watching from where I live. [18:14:51] When Iowa once again expanded what was possible and made it OK for me to have permission to believe that I would one day be wearing this wedding rings on my. [18:15:04] That's what I'm asking, is for us to make history together. On Monday night for Iowa Saturday. I'm going to be part of. If you make me the next president, I'll do everything I can to make his very. I'll see you on Monday night over the months, all things.

Big Man on Campus

Medium locked down shot of a little girl hiding under the sofa when playing hide and seek in her grandparents house and her granddad finding her and laughing. Shot in Slovenia.

&lt;pi&gt; ***This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment. Usage must cease on all platforms (including digital) within ten days of its initial delivery or such shorter time as designated by CNN.*** &lt;/pi&gt;\n\n --TEASE--\nSCIENTISTS TRAIN A SPIDER TO JUMP ON COMMAND ...\nAND THE WORDS "LAUREL" AND "YANNY" ARE GOING VIRAL ...\nFIND OUT WHY, COMING UP ... IN TODAY'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!\n\n --SUPERS--\nPrefonted \n\n --LEAD IN--\nSCIENTISTS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY TRAINED A GIANT SPIDER TO JUMP ON COMMAND ...\nAND REMEMBER THE INFAMOUS DRESS FROM 2015? \nBELIEVE IT OR NOT IT'S BACK .. IN AUDIO FORM!\nJEREMY ROTH HAS TODAY'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!\n\n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nSCIENTISTS HAVE TRAINED THIS SPIDER TO JUMP ON COMMAND\nWHY... WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS?!\nTHE FEAT WAS PART OF A STUDY BY RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER\nIT'S THE FIRST TIME A SPIDER HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TRAINED TO JUMP\nSO HOW DID THEY DO IT?\nSINCE SPIDERS ONLY EAT ONCE A WEEK, THE SPIDER, NAMED "KIM," COULDN'T BE MOTIVATED WITH FOOD\nINSTEAD, THEY MANUALLY MOVED HER FROM ONE PLATFORM TO ANOTHER, REPEATEDLY\nEVENTUALLY, KIM WAS CONDITIONED TO MAKE THE JUMP HERSELF\nTHE TEAM SAID ONCE KIM STARTED JUMPING, SHE NEVER MISSED\nWELL, BULLY FOR HER.\n\nTAKE A LISTEN TO THIS ...\n(NATS)\nDO YOU HEAR THE WORD "LAUREL" OR "YANNY"?\nLET'S LISTEN AGAIN AT A SLOWER SPEED\n(NATS)\nBELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE VOTE IS SOMEWHAT SPLIT AFTER A TWITTER USER POSTED THE CLIP ..\nALONG WITH THE THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUESTION\nAUDIO EXPERTS SAY RECORDING QUALITY AND SIMILAR FREQUENCY PATTERNS IN THE WORDS MIGHT EXPLAIN THE DEBATE ...\nWHICH IS GOING VIRAL, PRESUMABLY WITH THE SAME FOLKS who OBSESSED OVER 2015'S INFAMOUS DRESS COLOR\nGET OVER IT PEOPLE, IT'S BLUE...........RIGHT?\n\nHOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'VE PULLED OFF A TRULY GREAT SENIOR CLASS PRANK?\nWHEN EVEN THE COPS GIVE YOU PROPS YOU FOR IT\nTHAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SENIORS AT WISCONSIN'S CUMBERLAND HIGH SCHOOL\nTHE STUDENTS FAKED A CAR CRASHING INTO THE SIDE OF THE SCHOOL USING A TARP, TAPE, SOME BRICKS, AND PART OF A CAR\nTHE PRANK WENT VIRAL AFTER THE CUMBERLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT POSTED PICS ON FACEBOOK ...\nCALLING IT ONE OF THE BEST THEY'D EVER SEEN\n\nFOR TALAT, I'M JEREMY ROTH\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nSOCIAL MEDIA TRENDING VIRAL VIDEO CAUGHT ON CAMERA ANIMALS SCIENCE MANCHESTER LAUREL YANNY DEBATE AUDIO SENIOR PRANK WISCONSIN COOL FUN FUNNY CUTE CRAZY COOL \n\n

SIBLING RIVALRY AT IT’S MOST ENTERTAINING...PRANKS! BROTHER HIDES UNDER DESK TO SCARE HIS SISTER TO DEATH!