[000:00:01;06] LOPEZ WILL DISCUSS THE ROLE [000:00:01;26] OF A LATINO VOTE IN DEMOCRATIC [000:00:05;08] PRIMARY -- THE DEMOCRATIC [000:00:07;23] PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTION [000:00:08;13] THIS FALL. [000:00:09;08] AND THE INTERNATIONAL [000:00:11;23] ORGANIZATION COFOUNDED BY [000:00:12;12] ACTIVISTS AND U2 LEAD SINGER [000:00:16;13] BONO DISCUSSING GLOBAL POVERTY [000:00:19;15] AND DISEASE. [000:00:23;15] WATCH C-SPAN'S WASHINGTON [000:00:25;28] JOURNAL LIVE AT 7:00 EASTERN [000:00:30;00] TUESDAY MORNING. [000:00:30;14] JOIN THE DISCUSSION. [000:00:32;21] ANNOUNCER: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS [000:00:35;22] OVERSEAS IN INDIA, WHERE HE [000:00:39;03] ADDRESSED A LARGE CROWD GATHERED [000:00:40;09] AT THE WORLD'S LARGEST CRICKET [000:00:43;09] STADIUM. [000:00:46;25] THE EVENT ALSO INCLUDED INDIA'S [000:00:49;02] PRIME MINISTER, PRIME MINISTER [000:00:50;26] MODI. [000:00:52;26] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:01:03;02] PRESIDENT TRUMP: NAMASTE. [000:01:05;12] NAMASTE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:01:07;21] AND HELLO TO INDIA. [000:01:08;28] THIS IS SUCH A GREAT HONOR. [000:01:11;28] LET ME BEGIN BY EXPRESSING MY [000:01:13;28] PROFOUND GRATITUDE TO AN [000:01:15;29] EXCEPTIONAL LEADER, A GREAT [000:01:19;00] CHAMPION OF INDIA, A MAN WHO [000:01:20;01] WORKS NIGHT AND DAY FOR HIS [000:01:22;01] COUNTRY, AND A MAN I AM PROUD TO [000:01:28;03] CALL MY TRUE FRIEND, PRIME [000:01:29;03] MINISTER MODI. [000:01:31;05] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:01:36;04] THE FIRST LADY AND I HAVE JUST [000:01:37;08] TRAVELED 8,000 MILES AROUND THE [000:01:38;08] GLOBE TO DELIVER A MESSAGE TO [000:01:42;10] EVERY CITIZEN ACROSS THIS NATION [000:01:43;11] -- AMERICA LOVES INDIA, AMERICA [000:01:47;13] RESPECTS INDIA, AND AMERICA WILL [000:01:50;13] ALWAYS BE FAITHFUL AND LOYAL [000:01:52;13] FRIENDS TO THE INDIAN PEOPLE. [000:02:00;13] FIVE MONTHS AGO, THE UNITED [000:02:01;13] STATES WELCOMED YOUR GREAT PRIME [000:02:04;15] MINISTER AT A GIANT FOOTBALL [000:02:06;15] STADIUM IN TEXAS, AND TODAY, [000:02:08;14] INDIA WELCOMES US AT THE WORLD'S [000:02:11;14] LARGEST CRICKET STADIUM RIGHT [000:02:15;14] HERE IN AHMEDABAD. [000:02:19;16] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:02:20;11] IT IS A PROFOUND HONOR TO BE THE [000:02:26;22] BEAUTIFUL NEW STADIUM, TO BE [000:02:28;21] HERE WITH YOU -- MOTERA STADIUM. [000:02:34;23] SO BEAUTIFUL. [000:02:35;23] AND JOINED BY SO MANY [000:02:36;23] DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FROM ALL [000:02:37;23] ACROSS YOUR NATION AND ALL [000:02:38;23] ACROSS THE WORLD. [000:02:39;23] TO THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF [000:02:43;23] EVERYDAY CITIZENS WHO HAVE COME [000:02:44;23] OUT AND LINED THE STREETS IN A [000:02:46;23] STUNNING DISPLAY OF INDIAN [000:02:48;23] CULTURE AND KINDNESS, AND TO THE [000:02:51;23] 125,000 PEOPLE IN THIS GREAT [000:02:54;22] STADIUM TODAY -- THANK YOU FOR [000:02:56;22] THE SPECTACULAR WELCOME TO YOUR [000:02:58;22] MAGNIFICENT COUNTRY. [000:03:03;23] YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT HONOR TO [000:03:04;24] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. [000:03:08;24] MELANIA, MY FAMILY, WE WILL [000:03:09;24] ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS REMARKABLE [000:03:10;24] HOSPITALITY. [000:03:11;25] WE WILL REMEMBER IT FOREVER. [000:03:15;25] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:03:22;26] FROM THIS DAY ON, INDIA WILL [000:03:25;00] ALWAYS HOLD A VERY SPECIAL PLACE [000:03:26;00] IN OUR HEARTS. [000:03:30;00] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:03:32;25] THE LIFE OF PRIME MINISTER MODI [000:03:36;01] UNDERSCORES THE LIMITLESS [000:03:38;03] PROMISE OF THIS GREAT NATION. [000:03:43;04] HE STARTED OUT BY HIS FATHER'S [000:03:45;04] SIDE AS A CHAIWALLA -- A [000:03:46;04] TEA-SELLER. [000:03:52;04] WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN, HE [000:03:55;05] WORKED AT A CAFETERIA IN THIS [000:03:56;05] CITY. [000:04:02;00] [CROWD CHANTING "MODI"] [000:04:12;02] STAND UP. [000:04:13;08] EVERYBODY LOVES HIM, BUT I WILL [000:04:17;09] TELL YOU THIS -- HE'S VERY [000:04:18;09] TOUGH. [000:04:20;12] TODAY, PRIME MINISTER MODI IS [000:04:21;13] THE TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL [000:04:22;13] LEADER OF THIS VAST INDIAN [000:04:23;13] REPUBLIC. [000:04:27;14] LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 600 MILLION [000:04:29;15] PEOPLE WENT TO THE POLLS AND [000:04:31;18] GAVE HIM A LANDSLIDE VICTORY [000:04:34;19] LIKE NO OTHER IN THE LARGEST [000:04:36;20] DEMOCRATIC ELECTION EVER HELD [000:04:38;23] ANYWHERE ON THE FACE OF THE [000:04:39;22] EARTH. [000:04:48;23] PRIME MINISTER MODI, YOU ARE NOT [000:04:52;23] JUST THE PRIDE OF GUJARAT -- YOU [000:04:55;24] ARE LIVING PROOF THAT WITH HARD [000:04:56;24] WORK AND DEVOTION, INDIANS CAN [000:05:00;27] ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING, ANYTHING AT [000:05:01;26] ALL, ANYTHING THEY WANT. [000:05:05;28] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:05:12;27] THE PRIME MINISTER HAS A MOVING [000:05:16;01] STORY OF AN INCREDIBLE RISE, AND [000:05:18;02] SO DOES THIS ENTIRE NATION. [000:05:21;02] YOUR NATION IS DOING SO WELL. [000:05:23;02] WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD OF [000:05:24;02] INDIA. [000:05:27;02] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:05:29;26] THE STORY OF THE INDIAN NATION [000:05:32;03] IS A TALE OF ASTOUNDING [000:05:34;03] PROGRESS, A MIRACLE OF [000:05:36;03] DEMOCRACY, EXTRAORDINARY [000:05:39;05] DIVERSITY, AND ABOVE ALL, A [000:05:40;05] STRONG AND NOBLE PEOPLE. [000:05:45;08] INDIA GIVES HOPE TO ALL OF [000:05:46;09] HUMANITY. [000:05:51;09] IN JUST 70 YEARS, INDIA HAS [000:05:52;09] BECOME AN ECONOMIC GIANT, THE [000:05:55;09] LARGEST DEMOCRACY EVER TO EXIST, [000:05:56;09] AND ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING [000:05:59;10] NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. [000:06:00;11] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:06:05;08] SINCE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, [000:06:06;13] INDIA'S ECONOMY HAS GROWN MORE [000:06:09;13] THAN SIX TIMES IN SIZE. [000:06:13;13] IN A SINGLE DECADE, INDIA HAS [000:06:16;13] LIFTED OVER 270 MILLION PEOPLE [000:06:18;12] OUT OF POVERTY. [000:06:22;19] UNDER PRIME MINISTER MODI, FOR [000:06:23;14] THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, EVERY [000:06:25;16] VILLAGE IN INDIA NOW HAS ACCESS [000:06:26;16] TO ELECTRICITY. [000:06:29;16] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:06:31;09] 320 MILLION PEOPLE -- MORE [000:06:37;15] INDIANS -- ARE RIGHT NOW [000:06:38;17] CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET. [000:06:46;19] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:06:47;06] THE PACE OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION [000:06:47;28] HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED. [000:06:49;19] OVER 70 MILLION MORE HOUSEHOLDS [000:06:50;19] -- THINK OF THIS -- 70 MILLION [000:06:52;19] MORE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE ACCESS TO [000:07:01;21] COOKING FUEL, 600 MILLION MORE [000:07:03;22] PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO BASIC [000:07:04;23] SANITATION, AND, INCREDIBLY, 12 [000:07:05;23] INDIAN CITIZENS ARE LIFTED OUT [000:07:06;23] OF EXTREME POVERTY EVERY SINGLE [000:07:09;23] MINUTE OF EVERY SINGLE DAY. [000:07:13;24] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:07:19;21] INDIA WILL SOON BE THE HOME OF [000:07:20;25] THE BIGGEST MIDDLE CLASS [000:07:21;25] ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. [000:07:23;25] AND WITHIN LESS THAN 10 YEARS, [000:07:25;26] EXTREME POVERTY IN YOUR COUNTRY [000:07:27;26] IS PROJECTED TO COMPLETELY [000:07:28;26] DISAPPEAR. [000:07:36;27] THE POTENTIAL FOR INDIA IS [000:07:37;27] ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. [000:07:40;28] INDIA'S RISE AS A PROSPEROUS AND [000:07:43;00] INDEPENDENT NATION IS AN EXAMPLE [000:07:46;00] TO EVERY NATION ALL OVER THE [000:07:49;00] WORLD AND ONE OF THE MOST [000:07:49;19] OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR [000:07:50;11] CENTURY. [000:07:54;01] IT IS ALL THE MORE INSPIRING [000:08:01;06] -- BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE IT AS A [000:08:03;07] DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY, YOU HAVE [000:08:04;08] DONE IT AS A PEACEFUL COUNTRY, [000:08:06;07] YOU HAVE DONE IT AS A TOLERANT [000:08:07;09] COUNTRY, AND YOU HAVE DONE IT AS [000:08:08;08] A GREAT FREE COUNTRY. [000:08:15;09] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:08:18;04] THERE IS ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN [000:08:21;10] THE WORLD BETWEEN A NATION THAT [000:08:22;10] SEEKS POWER THROUGH COERCION [000:08:25;11] INTIMIDATION, AND AGGRESSION [000:08:27;13] AND A NATION THAT RISES BY [000:08:28;13] SETTING ITS PEOPLE FREE AND [000:08:30;13] UNLEASHING THEM TO CHASE THEIR [000:08:31;12] DREAMS. [000:08:35;14] AND THAT IS INDIA. [000:08:37;15] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:08:41;09] THIS IS WHY INDIA'S [000:08:42;16] ACCOMPLISHMENT OVER THE LAST 70 [000:08:45;17] YEARS IS COMPLETELY UNRIVALED NO [000:08:48;18] MATTER WHERE YOU GO. [000:08:51;18] IT IS YOUR FAITH IN THE STRENGTH [000:08:53;18] OF A FREE SOCIETY, YOUR [000:08:54;18] CONFIDENCE IN YOUR OWN PEOPLE, [000:08:57;18] YOUR TRUST IN YOUR OWN CITIZENS, [000:08:59;18] AND YOUR RESPECT FOR THE DIGNITY [000:09:01;20] OF EVERY PERSON THAT MAKES THE [000:09:02;20] UNITED STATES AND INDIA SUCH A [000:09:05;20] NATURAL, BEAUTIFUL, ENDURING [000:09:06;10] FRIENDSHIP. [000:09:16;00] WHILE OUR NATIONS HAVE MANY [000:09:16;20] DIFFERENCES, THEY ARE BOTH [000:09:17;09] DEFINED AND PROPELLED BY A [000:09:19;01] FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH -- THE TRUTH [000:09:22;00] THAT ALL OF US ARE BLESSED WITH [000:09:24;00] DIVINE LIGHT, AND EVERY PERSON [000:09:26;00] IS ENDOWED WITH A SACRED SOUL. [000:09:31;04] AS THE GREAT RELIGIOUS TEACHER [000:09:41;07] SWAMI VIVEKANANDA, ONCE SAID [000:09:44;08] "THE MOMENT I STAND IN REVERENCE [000:09:45;08] BEFORE EVERY HUMAN BEING AND SEE [000:09:47;09] GOD IN HIM, THAT MOMENT I AM [000:09:49;12] FREE." [000:09:52;12] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:09:55;06] IN AMERICA AND IN INDIA, WE KNOW [000:09:57;12] THAT WE ARE ALL BORN FOR A [000:10:01;15] HIGHER PURPOSE -- TO REACH [000:10:02;15] TOWARD OUR FULLEST POTENTIAL, TO [000:10:03;15] WORK TOWARD EXCELLENCE AND [000:10:06;15] PERFECTION, AND TO GIVE ALL [000:10:07;16] GLORY TO GOD. [000:10:14;16] POWERED BY THIS SPIRIT, INDIANS [000:10:17;16] AND AMERICANS ARE ALWAYS [000:10:19;17] STRIVING TO BE GREATER, OUR [000:10:20;17] PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS SEEKING TO BE [000:10:24;17] BETTER, AND SO, OUR NATIONS HAVE [000:10:25;17] BECOME THRIVING CENTERS OF [000:10:30;17] CULTURE, AND COMMERCE, AND [000:10:31;06] CIVILIZATION, GIVING LIGHT AND [000:10:31;27] VITALITY TO ALL OF THE WORLD. [000:10:33;17] THIS IS THE COUNTRY THAT [000:10:35;17] PRODUCES NEARLY 2,000 MOVIES A [000:10:38;17] YEAR FROM THE HUB OF GENIUS AND [000:10:42;18] CREATIVITY KNOWN AS BOLLYWOOD. [000:10:45;19] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:10:52;15] ALL OVER THE PLANET, PEOPLE TAKE [000:10:55;20] GREAT JOY IN SCENES OF BHANGRA [000:10:58;21] MUSIC, DANCE, ROMANCE, AND [000:11:00;21] DRAMA, AND CLASSIC INDIAN FILMS [000:11:10;23] LIKE "DDLJ" AND "SHOLAY." [000:11:11;23] THIS IS THE COUNTRY WHERE YOUR [000:11:12;23] PEOPLE CHEER ON SOME OF THE [000:11:15;23] WORLD'S GREATEST CRICKET PLAYERS [000:11:16;23] -- FROM SACHIN TENDULKAR TO [000:11:19;23] VIRAT KOHLI. [000:11:21;22] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:11:23;16] THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD. [000:11:27;23] THIS IS THE COUNTRY THAT BUILT [000:11:28;23] THE TALLEST STATUE ON THE FACE [000:11:30;23] OF THE EARTH TO HONOR THE [000:11:32;24] NAMESAKE OF THIS STADIUM, THE [000:11:33;24] GREAT INDIAN PATRIOT AND NATIVE [000:11:37;26] OF THIS STATE, SARDAR PATEL. [000:11:39;26] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:11:44;25] INDIA IS THE COUNTRY WHERE [000:11:48;00] HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF LIGHT [000:11:51;00] CANDLES TO CELEBRATE THE TRIUMPH [000:11:53;00] OF GOOD OVER EVIL AT DIWALI. [000:11:55;00] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:11:58;24] AND IT'S WHERE, JUST DAYS FROM [000:12:00;01] NOW, INDIANS OF ALL FAITHS WILL [000:12:02;01] POUR OUT ONTO THE STREETS TO [000:12:05;02] CELEBRATE THE BEAUTIFUL FESTIVAL [000:12:07;02] OF HOLI. [000:12:12;02] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:12:12;25] INDIA IS A COUNTRY THAT PROUDLY [000:12:14;02] EMBRACES FREEDOM, LIBERTY, [000:12:15;02] INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, THE RULE OF [000:12:19;02] LAW, AND THE DIGNITY OF EVERY [000:12:19;23] HUMAN BEING. [000:12:24;01] YOUR NATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN [000:12:26;03] ADMIRED AROUND THE EARTH AS THE [000:12:27;04] PLACE WHERE MILLIONS UPON [000:12:28;04] MILLIONS OF HINDUS AND MUSLIMS [000:12:32;05] AND SIKHS AND JAINS, BUDDHISTS [000:12:33;05] CHRISTIANS, AND JEWS WORSHIP [000:12:42;08] SIDE BY SIDE IN HARMONY. [000:12:45;09] WHERE YOU SPEAK MORE THAN 100 [000:12:46;00] LANGUAGES AND COME FROM MORE [000:12:46;20] THAN TWO DOZEN STATES, YET YOU [000:12:48;09] HAVE ALWAYS STOOD STRONG AS ONE [000:12:50;09] GREAT INDIAN NATION. [000:12:53;10] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:12:57;08] YOUR UNITY IS AN INSPIRATION TO [000:12:58;14] THE WORLD. [000:13:01;16] IN AMERICA, WE HAVE COME TO KNOW [000:13:02;16] THE SPLENDOR OF INDIAN CULTURE [000:13:03;16] PERSONALLY, THROUGH THE 4 [000:13:07;17] MILLION INDIAN AMERICANS LIVING [000:13:10;18] IN THE UNITED STATES AS OUR [000:13:11;20] WONDERFUL FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, [000:13:12;20] AND NEIGHBORS. [000:13:14;19] THEY ARE TRULY SPECTACULAR [000:13:15;19] PEOPLE. [000:13:24;24] INDIAN AMERICANS ENRICH EVERY [000:13:25;24] ASPECT OF OUR NATIONAL LIFE. [000:13:29;27] THEY ARE TITANS OF BUSINESS, THE [000:13:32;26] BIGGEST, THE BEST, PIONEERS OF [000:13:35;26] SCIENCE, MASTERS OF THE ART; AND [000:13:38;21] -- THE ART, AND INNOVATION OF [000:13:42;29] TECHNOLOGY LIKE FEW PEOPLE HAVE [000:13:44;00] BEEN ABLE TO SEE NO MATTER WHERE [000:13:45;00] YOU GO ANYWHERE IN THIS [000:13:46;01] UNIVERSE. [000:13:46;12] NEARLY ONE IN FOUR INDIAN [000:13:47;01] AMERICANS TRACE THEIR ROOTS [000:13:49;01] RIGHT HERE IN GUJARAT. [000:13:53;01] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:13:54;24] GUJARAT IS A SPECIAL PLACE. [000:13:58;02] SO ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE [000:14:04;03] AMERICAN PEOPLE, THANK YOU, AND [000:14:05;04] THANK YOU ALL FOR THE [000:14:06;04] CONTRIBUTIONS YOUR CULTURE AND [000:14:07;05] TRADITIONS HAVE MADE TO MY [000:14:09;05] BELOVED COUNTRY. [000:14:10;05] [APPLAUSE] [000:14:12;00] AMERICANS ARE EAGER TO [000:14:15;06] STRENGTHEN THESE BEAUTIFUL TIES [000:14:16;06] BETWEEN OUR TWO PEOPLE. [000:14:20;08] THIS IS TRULY AN EXCITING TIME [000:14:22;08] IN THE UNITED STATES. [000:14:23;08] OUR ECONOMY IS BOOMING LIKE [000:14:24;08] NEVER BEFORE. [000:14:30;08] OUR PEOPLE ARE PROSPERING, AND [000:14:31;08] SPIRITS ARE SOARING. [000:14:33;08] THERE IS TREMENDOUS LOVE [000:14:35;08] TREMENDOUS LIKE. [000:14:36;08] WE LIKE AND WE LOVE EVERYBODY. [000:14:38;08] UNEMPLOYMENT HAS HIT HISTORIC [000:14:41;08] LOWS, AND SMALL BUSINESS [000:14:44;08] CONFIDENCE HAS HIT AN ALL-TIME [000:14:46;09] RECORD HIGH IN THE HISTORY OF [000:14:47;10] OUR COUNTRY. [000:14:52;11] OUR MILITARY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY [000:14:54;12] REBUILT. [000:14:55;12] IT IS NOW STRONGER THAN EVER [000:14:56;12] BEFORE. [000:14:57;12] AND WE ARE QUICKLY REVITALIZING [000:14:58;12] OUR ALLIANCES AND FRIENDSHIPS [000:15:01;12] ALL AROUND THE WORLD. [000:15:06;13] WE HAVE SPENT $2.5 TRILLION ON [000:15:09;21] REBUILDING OUR MILITARY. [000:15:10;15] IT'S THE MOST POWERFUL MILITARY [000:15:14;15] ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY FAR. [000:15:17;16] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:15:18;12] THAT IS WHY I HAVE COME HERE TO [000:15:21;20] INDIA IN THE SPIRIT OF FONDNESS [000:15:24;23] AND GOODWILL, TO EXPAND OUR [000:15:25;23] CHERISHED PARTNERSHIP OF [000:15:26;23] INCREDIBLE POWER AND POTENTIAL. [000:15:29;23] THE FIRST LADY AND I HAVE JUST [000:15:32;24] HAD A PLEASURE OF VISITING [000:15:39;25] MAHATMA GANDHI'S ASHRAM, A FEW [000:15:40;27] MILES FROM HERE, WHERE HE [000:15:45;29] LAUNCHED THE FAMOUS SALT MARCH. [000:15:50;24] AND TOMORROW IN DELHI, WE WILL [000:15:53;01] LAY A WREATH, PLANT A TREE AT [000:15:57;01] RAJ GHAT, IN HONOR OF THIS [000:15:58;01] LEADER WHO IS REVERED ALL AROUND [000:16:01;01] THE WORLD. [000:16:02;02] AND THE FIRST LADY AND I LOOK [000:16:03;03] FORWARD TO VISITING ONE OF YOUR [000:16:05;03] COUNTRY'S MOST ICONIC LANDMARKS. [000:16:08;04] WE ARE LATER TODAY GOING TO SEE [000:16:11;04] THE MAJESTIC TAJ MAHAL. [000:16:13;04] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:16:18;01] THE PRIME MINISTER AND I WILL [000:16:20;05] ALSO CONTINUE OUR IMPORTANT [000:16:22;05] DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW TO DEEPEN [000:16:24;07] THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO [000:16:25;08] GREAT COUNTRIES. [000:16:28;08] BOTH OF US UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN [000:16:30;08] LEADERS PUT THE INTERESTS OF [000:16:32;08] THEIR OWN CITIZENS FIRST, WE CAN [000:16:34;08] FORGE STRONG AND FAIR [000:16:36;08] PARTNERSHIPS TO BUILD A SAFER [000:16:38;10] AND MORE PROSPEROUS WORLD. [000:16:41;09] JUST MONTHS AGO, THIS CRITICAL [000:16:43;09] PARTNERSHIP TOOK A MAJOR STEP [000:16:44;09] FORWARD WHEN THE U.S. MILITARY [000:16:46;10] AND YOUR BRAVE INDIAN ARMED [000:16:49;09] FORCES CONDUCTED THE FIRST-EVER [000:16:51;09] AIR, LAND, AND SEA MILITARY [000:16:52;09] EXERCISES BETWEEN OUR TWO [000:16:52;28] COUNTRIES. [000:16:56;10] IT WAS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD. [000:17:00;11] WE CALLED IT "TIGER TRIUMPH." [000:17:01;11] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:17:12;11] AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR [000:17:13;16] DEFENSE COOPERATION, THE UNITED [000:17:14;16] STATES LOOKS FORWARD TO [000:17:15;04] PROVIDING INDIA WITH SOME OF THE [000:17:16;17] BEST AND MOST FEARED MILITARY [000:17:17;17] EQUIPMENT ON THE PLANET. [000:17:21;17] WE MAKE THE GREATEST WEAPONS [000:17:22;17] EVER MADE -- AIRPLANES [000:17:23;17] MISSILES, ROCKETS, SHIPS. [000:17:24;17] WE MAKE THE BEST. [000:17:26;17] AND WE'RE DEALING NOW WITH [000:17:27;17] INDIA. [000:17:30;16] BUT THIS INCLUDES ADVANCED AIR [000:17:33;17] DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND ARMED AND [000:17:34;17] UNARMED AERIAL VEHICLES. [000:17:41;21] AND I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE [000:17:44;16] THAT TOMORROW, OUR [000:17:45;01] REPRESENTATIVES WILL SIGN DEALS [000:17:46;16] TO SELL OVER $3 BILLION IN THE [000:17:47;22] ABSOLUTE FINEST, [000:17:49;22] STATE-OF-THE-ART MILITARY [000:17:50;22] HELICOPTERS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT [000:17:52;22] TO THE INDIAN ARMED FORCES. [000:17:54;23] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:17:59;20] I BELIEVE THAT THE UNITED STATES [000:18:00;12] SHOULD BE INDIA'S PREMIER [000:18:01;27] DEFENSE PARTNER, AND THAT'S THE [000:18:02;27] WAY IT'S WORKING OUT. [000:18:03;27] TOGETHER, WE WILL DEFEND OUR [000:18:06;27] SOVEREIGNTY, SECURITY, AND [000:18:08;27] PROTECT A FREE AND OPEN [000:18:10;29] INDO-PACIFIC REGION FOR OUR [000:18:13;00] CHILDREN AND FOR MANY, MANY [000:18:13;20] GENERATIONS TO COME. [000:18:19;02] THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA ARE [000:18:23;04] ALSO FIRMLY UNITED IN OUR [000:18:25;04] IRONCLAD RESOLVE TO DEFEND OUR [000:18:25;25] CITIZENS FROM THE THREAT OF [000:18:28;04] RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM. [000:18:31;04] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:18:37;03] BOTH OF OUR COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN [000:18:41;10] HURT BY THE PAIN AND TURMOIL OF [000:18:46;10] TERRORISM AND WHAT TERRORISM [000:18:47;10] BRINGS. [000:18:48;10] UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION, WE [000:18:49;00] UNLEASHED THE FULL POWER OF THE [000:18:49;22] AMERICAN MILITARY ON [000:18:51;10] BLOODTHIRSTY KILLERS OF ISIS IN [000:18:52;10] IRAQ AND IN SYRIA. [000:18:56;11] TODAY, THE ISIS TERRITORIAL [000:19:01;15] CALIPHATE HAS BEEN 100% [000:19:02;16] DESTROYED. [000:19:04;15] AND THE MONSTER KNOWN AS [000:19:07;15] AL-BAGHDADI, THE FOUNDER AND [000:19:08;15] LEADER OF ISIS, IS DEAD. [000:19:09;15] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:19:13;11] IN THE UNITED STATES, WE HAVE [000:19:15;17] ALSO MADE CLEAR THAT WHILE OUR [000:19:16;17] COUNTRY WILL ALWAYS WELCOME [000:19:19;17] NEWCOMERS WHO SHARE OUR VALUES [000:19:21;17] AND LOVE OUR PEOPLE, OUR BORDERS [000:19:23;17] WILL ALWAYS BE CLOSED TO [000:19:26;17] TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM AND TO [000:19:27;17] ANY FORM OF EXTREMISM. [000:19:31;18] THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TAKEN [000:19:32;18] HISTORIC STEPS TO IMPROVE [000:19:34;20] SCREENING AND VETTING OF [000:19:36;21] APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY, AND WE [000:19:38;23] ARE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT [000:19:40;23] ANYONE WHO THREATENS THE [000:19:42;23] SECURITY OF OUR CITIZENS IS [000:19:43;23] DENIED ADMISSION AND WILL PAY A [000:19:46;24] VERY, VERY BIG, COSTLY PRICE. [000:19:50;25] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:19:53;18] EVERY NATION HAS THE RIGHT TO [000:19:56;25] SECURE AND CONTROLLED BORDERS. [000:20:01;26] THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA ARE [000:20:04;26] COMMITTED TO WORKING TOGETHER TO [000:20:07;26] STOP TERRORISTS AND TO FIGHT [000:20:08;16] THEIR IDEOLOGY. [000:20:14;28] [APPLAUSE] [000:20:15;22] FOR THIS REASON, SINCE TAKING [000:20:16;28] OFFICE, MY ADMINISTRATION IS [000:20:18;29] WORKING IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY [000:20:23;01] WITH PAKISTAN TO CRACK DOWN ON [000:20:24;01] THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND [000:20:26;01] MILITANTS THAT OPERATE ON THE [000:20:27;01] PAKISTANI BORDER. [000:20:31;02] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:20:33;27] OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH PAKISTAN [000:20:35;03] IS A VERY GOOD ONE. [000:20:41;03] THANKS TO THESE EFFORTS, WE ARE [000:20:42;03] BEGINNING TO SEE SIGNS OF BIG [000:20:42;24] PROGRESS WITH PAKISTAN. [000:20:45;04] AND WE ARE HOPEFUL FOR REDUCED [000:20:47;04] TENSIONS, GREATER STABILITY, AND [000:20:48;04] THE FUTURE OF HARMONY FOR ALL OF [000:20:49;04] THE NATIONS OF SOUTH ASIA. [000:20:54;08] INDIA HAS AN IMPORTANT [000:20:55;09] LEADERSHIP ROLE TO PLAY IN [000:20:56;09] SHAPING A BETTER FUTURE AS YOU [000:20:58;09] TAKE ON GREATER RESPONSIBILITY [000:20:59;09] FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS AND [000:21:01;09] PROMOTING PEACE THROUGHOUT THIS [000:21:02;09] INCREDIBLE REGION. [000:21:09;10] OVER THE COURSE OF MY VISIT, [000:21:10;00] PRIME MINISTER MODI AND I WILL [000:21:11;11] ALSO DISCUSS OUR EFFORTS TO [000:21:12;11] EXPAND THE ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN [000:21:13;11] OUR TWO COUNTRIES. [000:21:17;13] WE WILL BE MAKING VERY, VERY [000:21:19;15] MAJOR -- AMONG THE BIGGEST EVER [000:21:20;07] MADE -- TRADE DEALS. [000:21:23;16] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:21:30;14] WE ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF [000:21:31;19] DISCUSSION FOR AN INCREDIBLE [000:21:32;19] TRADE AGREEMENT TO REDUCE [000:21:33;19] BARRIERS OF INVESTMENT BETWEEN [000:21:34;19] THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA. [000:21:39;19] AND I AM OPTIMISTIC THAT [000:21:40;18] WORKING TOGETHER, THE PRIME [000:21:41;18] MINISTER AND I CAN REACH A [000:21:42;18] FANTASTIC DEAL THAT'S GOOD AND [000:21:45;21] EVEN GREAT FOR BOTH OF OUR [000:21:46;10] COUNTRIES. [000:21:50;23] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:21:51;18] EXCEPT THAT HE'S A VERY TOUGH [000:21:52;26] NEGOTIATOR. [000:21:53;27] [LAUGHTER] [000:21:58;26] SINCE MY INAUGURATION, COMMERCE [000:22:02;01] BETWEEN OUR TWO NATIONS HAS [000:22:06;02] INCREASED BY MORE THAN 40%. [000:22:07;27] INDIA IS NOW A MAJOR MARKET FOR [000:22:10;04] AMERICAN EXPORTS, AND THE UNITED [000:22:11;04] STATES IS INDIA'S LARGEST EXPORT [000:22:12;04] MARKET. [000:22:23;09] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:22:24;03] A BOOMING AMERICA IS GREAT THING [000:22:25;09] FOR INDIA AND IT'S GREAT FOR THE [000:22:26;11] WORLD. [000:22:26;20] AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO HAPPY TO [000:22:28;11] ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE THE [000:22:31;10] GREATEST ECONOMY EVER IN THE [000:22:32;11] HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. [000:22:36;13] IN AMERICA, WE HAVE PROVEN THAT [000:22:37;13] THE BEST WAY TO ATTRACT JOBS AND [000:22:40;14] OPPORTUNITY IS TO REDUCE BURDENS [000:22:43;15] ON BUSINESS, KNOCK DOWN BARRIERS [000:22:46;16] TO NEW INVESTMENT, AND ELIMINATE [000:22:49;17] UNNECESSARY BUREAUCRACY, RED [000:22:50;07] TAPE, REGULATION, AND TAXES. [000:22:55;19] PRIME MINISTER MODI HAS ALREADY [000:22:56;20] MADE SIGNIFICANT REFORMS HERE IN [000:22:57;12] YOUR COUNTRY, AS YOU VERY WELL [000:22:58;03] KNOW. [000:23:00;22] THE WORLD LOOKS FORWARD TO EVEN [000:23:01;22] MORE RAPID IMPROVEMENT TO [000:23:04;23] INDIA'S BUSINESS CLIMATE UNDER [000:23:05;27] HIS LEADERSHIP. [000:23:06;24] HE WANTS TO DO IT, AND HE'S [000:23:07;24] DOING IT AT A RECORD PACE. [000:23:10;24] TWO YEARS AGO, PRIME MINISTER [000:23:13;00] MODI WARMLY WELCOMED MY DAUGHTER [000:23:14;00] IVANKA TO THE GLOBAL [000:23:14;29] ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT IN [000:23:17;00] HYDERABAD. [000:23:20;04] AND SHE IS BACK WITH US TODAY. [000:23:29;04] IVANKA, THANK YOU. [000:23:30;05] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, HONEY. [000:23:31;06] WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE JOINED AS [000:23:32;06] WELL BY DOZENS OF INDIAN WOMEN [000:23:33;07] ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE HELPING TO [000:23:34;08] BUILD YOUR NATION'S FUTURE. [000:23:45;17] THEY ARE GREAT AND NATURAL [000:23:46;11] ENTREPRENEURS. [000:23:49;14] AND I JUST SAY TO THE MEN -- BE [000:23:50;15] VERY CAREFUL. [000:23:50;28] THEY'RE REALLY GOOD. [000:23:51;17] THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA ARE [000:23:52;15] ALSO WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER ON [000:23:53;15] THE FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION. [000:24:00;19] YOU ARE MAKING IMPRESSIVE [000:24:03;14] STRIDES WITH YOUR LUNAR PROGRAM. [000:24:07;15] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:24:09;16] IT IS MOVING ALONG RAPIDLY, FAR [000:24:11;22] AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, AND AMERICA [000:24:13;24] LOOKS FORWARD TO EXPANDING OUR [000:24:15;24] SPACE COOPERATION WITH INDIA AS [000:24:17;25] YOU PUSH EVEN FURTHER. [000:24:28;26] YOU ARE PUSHING THE LIMITS -- [000:24:30;26] AND THAT'S A GREAT THING -- [000:24:31;18] INCLUDING IN REALM OF HUMAN [000:24:32;08] SPACEFLIGHT. [000:24:32;26] THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA WILL [000:24:33;26] BE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS ON OUR [000:24:34;27] VOYAGE INTO THE STARS AND INTO [000:24:35;27] SPACE. [000:24:36;06] IT IS TRULY EXTRAORDINARY WHAT [000:24:37;28] THIS NATION HAS ACHIEVED IN THE [000:24:38;28] SPAN OF JUST ONE LIFETIME. [000:24:46;02] AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE UNDER [000:24:47;02] THE LEADERSHIP OF PRIME MINISTER [000:24:47;24] MODI, IT IS ABSOLUTELY [000:24:48;11] INCREDIBLE. [000:24:50;03] MR. PRIME MINISTER [000:24:50;19] CONGRATULATIONS. [000:24:53;04] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:24:56;29] YOU HAVE COME SO FAR, BUT IT IS [000:25:04;06] NOTHING COMPARED TO HOW FAR [000:25:05;08] INDIA WILL GO INTO THE FUTURE. [000:25:05;29] AND THE PRIME MINISTER IS LAYING [000:25:07;08] THE FOUNDATIONS FOR A FUTURE [000:25:08;08] LIKE FEW OTHER COUNTRIES CAN [000:25:08;28] EVEN THINK OF. [000:25:14;18] THIS NATION IS BLESSED WITH MANY [000:25:17;12] TREASURES. [000:25:19;13] TO THE GOLDEN TEMPLE -- IT IS [000:25:24;14] THE HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST [000:25:25;15] CHERISHED CULTURAL HERITAGE [000:25:27;26] ANYWHERE ON EARTH. [000:25:29;16] IT IS ALSO A LAND OF STUNNING [000:25:30;17] VISTAS AND ASTONISHING NATURAL [000:25:34;26] -- ASTOUNDING NATURAL WONDERS [000:25:37;01] FROM THE RUGGED PEAKS OF THE [000:25:37;27] HIMALAYAS TO THE SPLENDID SHORES [000:25:38;29] OF GOA. [000:25:39;28] AND INDIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A [000:25:43;29] WELLSPRING OF DEEP WISDOM AND [000:25:47;01] GREAT IDEAS -- FROM THE VEDAS [000:25:48;00] AND THE ANCIENT EPICS, ALL THE [000:25:49;01] WAY UP TO THE MODERN INDIA [000:25:50;02] NATION. [000:25:53;04] BUT STANDING BEFORE ALL OF YOU [000:25:55;05] TODAY, I KNOW THAT TRUE STRENGTH [000:25:57;05] OF INDIA IS NOT FOUND IN ITS [000:26:01;08] TEXTBOOKS, ITS LANDMARKS OR ITS [000:26:02;09] LANDSCAPES. [000:26:05;10] THE TRUE STRENGTH OF INDIA IS [000:26:08;11] FOUND IN 125,000 BEATING HEARTS [000:26:10;12] IN THIS STADIUM AND THE MILLIONS [000:26:12;13] AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE [000:26:14;14] SEEN AND WITNESSED OUR GREAT [000:26:15;15] FRIENDSHIP AND ADMIRATION TODAY. [000:26:23;19] IT IS ALL FOUND IN THE SOUL AND [000:26:24;19] THE SPIRIT OF THE INDIAN PEOPLE. [000:26:26;20] YOUR COURAGE WON AND SECURED [000:26:28;20] THIS NATION'S INDEPENDENCE. [000:26:34;22] YOUR DEVOTION BUILT THIS GREAT [000:26:35;24] AND ENDURING DEMOCRACY. [000:26:37;24] AND IT IS YOUR DREAMS THAT WILL [000:26:39;24] POWER THIS COUNTRY TO A FUTURE [000:26:41;25] -- EVEN GREATER PROGRESS [000:26:43;26] PROSPERITY, EQUALITY, AND [000:26:46;26] OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY CITIZEN [000:26:48;27] ACROSS YOUR LAND. [000:26:50;27] SO TODAY I SAY TO EVERY INDIAN [000:26:51;28] -- NORTH AND SOUTH, HINDU AND [000:26:54;29] MUSLIM, JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN [000:26:58;00] RICH AND POOR, YOUNG AND OLD: [000:27:01;29] -- YOUNG AND OLD -- TAKE PRIDE [000:27:05;00] IN THE GLORIES OF YOUR PAST, [000:27:06;06] UNITE FOR AN EVEN BRIGHTER [000:27:07;06] FUTURE, AND LET OUR TWO NATIONS [000:27:08;06] ALWAYS STAND TOGETHER AS [000:27:09;07] POWERFUL DEFENDERS OF PEACE AND [000:27:12;09] LIBERTY, AND THE HOPE OF A [000:27:14;10] BETTER WORLD FOR ALL OF [000:27:15;10] HUMANITY. [000:27:18;11] THANK YOU AGAIN, PRIME MINISTER [000:27:19;11] MODI, FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY. [000:27:21;12] AND THANK YOU, INDIA, FOR THIS [000:27:22;12] PHENOMENAL WELCOME. [000:27:28;15] I WANT TO JUST LEAVE BY SAYING: [000:27:32;12] -- BY SAYING, GOD BLESS INDIA. [000:27:36;15] GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF [000:27:37;15] AMERICA. [000:27:37;25] WE LOVE YOU. [000:27:38;22] WE LOVE YOU, INDIA, VERY MUCH. [000:27:39;22] THANK YOU. [000:27:40;22] THANK YOU. [000:27:45;16] >>[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [000:27:54;23] >> C-SPAN, YOUR UNFILTERED VIEW [000:27:56;12] OF GOVERNMENT,