CANDIDATE CONTINUE ADAM: SENATOR KIERSTEN GILLIBRAND OF NEW YORK. WE HAVE OUR CRACK TEAM OF VOTERS HERE WITH HER QUESTIONS AND WE WILL START THIS HALF-HOUR COMMERCIAL-FREE WITH CAROLINE. >> I'M GOING TO ASK ABOUT PRES ONE FRIEND WHO' PRESCRIPTIONS WENT FROM $19 TO $60 THIS MONTH. ONE WAS $41 $200. HAVE YOU OR ANYONE IN CONG TAKEN A STEP TO START THAT BALLG PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SO WHEN YOU BECOME PRESIDENT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO SIGN THE BILL WITHIN THE 0 DAYS? SEN. GILLIBRAND: THANK YOU, AN I'M SORRY YOU HAVE BEEN PRICEN GOUGED. THE FACT THAT THE PRICES KEEP GOING UP IS UNCONSCIONABLE A THE CORRUPTION WITHIN THE DRUG INDUSTRY. I WOULD DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON LEGISLATION RICE GOUGING. IF A DRUG COMPANY RAISES T RATES EVERY YEAR BY MORE THAN A CERTAIN AMOUNT, YOU WOULD ITS FROM THAT DRUG AND STOP THEM FROM PRICEMEDICARE I WOULD MAKE WE GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARDU MEDICARE PATIENTS YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE ST PRICE FOR THE DRUG AVAILABLE ANYWHERE. IT'S ABSURD THAT CANADA GE CHEAPER DRUGS IN AMERICA, BUT THAT WAS THE SWEETHEART DEALDE I GEORGE W. BUSH'S ADMINISTRATIO WHEN THEY WROTE MEDICARE PART D. THOSE COMPANIES GUARANTEED THEUL WHATEVER THEY LIKE. IF HER GOING TO BUILD ALL, ONE FIRST THINGS YOU DO IS RENEGOTIATE THAT AND GET THE NE WHO SHOUL GENERIC DRUG, LIKE INSULIN -- IT SHOULD BE GENERIC. IT HAS BEEN DECADES AND IS NOT GENERIC. IF THE COMPANY -- FIRST, I WOULD TRY TO CHANGE THE PATENT LAWS SO THE PATENT IN SUCH SMALL WAYS TO GUARANTEE NO GENERIC. I WOULD ASK THE NIH TO START PRODUCING DRUGS AND CREATE A NOT-FOR-PROFIT PUBLIC COMPETITION FOR ANY DRUG THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GENERIC AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS. I WOULD GO AFT IT IS NOT RIGHT. IT IS TRUE FOR THE DRUG YOU NEED TO SURVIVE IF YOU HAVE AIDS. IT IS $14, NOT RIGHT. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO GO BANKRUPT JUST TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. I THINK THERE IS TOO MUCH GREED IN THE SYSTEM. THE LAST WAS GET THE MONEY O ADAM: THE NEXT QUESTION COME FROM ELIZABETH. >> THANK YOU, SENATOR. YOU WERE ONE OF THE EARLY LEADERS IN THE ME TOO MOVEMENT. ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF THAT IS HOW YOU SPOKE OUT EARLY FOR SENATOR FRANKEN TO RESIGN. I AGREED WITH YOU ON THA DECISION FOR HIM TO RESIGN. HOWEVER, OVER THE LAST TWO YEAIN FELT THAT MY PERSONAL JUDGME THAT HE SHOULD GO WAS MAYBE HASTY AND INCORRECT. SEN. GILLIBRAND: LOOKING BACK THERE ANYTHING YOU HAVE CHAN SEN. GILLIBRAND: NO. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE FACTS AROUND WHAT HAPPENED. SENATOR FRANKEN HAD EIGH CREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM. TWO SINCE HE WAS SENATOR AND ONE WAS A CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER. I HAD A DECISION TO MAKE WHETHER I WAS GOING TO CONTINUE TO STA SILENT AND DEFEND HIM AND CARRY HIS WATER OR SAY WHAT I BELIEVED THAT IT WAS NOT OK. SENATOR FRANKEN HAD HIS OWN DECISION TO MAKE.ER TO STICK IT OUT, GO TO HIS HEARING AND WAY FOR HIS NE THOSE ARE HIS DECISIONS. NO SENATOR CAN MAKE ANOTHE SENATOR RESIGN. I CAN JUST EXPRESS MYSELF. AS A CONVERSATIONS I WAS HAVING AT HOME WERE DISTURBING BECAUSE THEO SAID WHY ARE YOU SO TOU AND AL FRANKEN? IT IS NOT OK TO GROPE A WOMA ANYWHERE ON HER BODY WITHOUT HER CONSENT. IS NOT OK TO FORCIBLY KISS WOMAN EVER WITHOUT HER CONSENT. AND IT IS NOT OK FOR SENAT FRANKEN, AND IT IS NOT OK FOR YOU. SO I NEEDED TO HAVE CLARITY. I HAVE LEAD ON THIS ISSUE FORADE I HAVE LED THE MOVEMENT TO UPE SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MILITARY AND HAVE ACC PROCESS SO MEN AND WOMEN CAN BE HEARD. I HAVE LED THE DEBATE ENDING SEXUAL ASSAULT ON COLLEG THE DEBATE ON ENDING SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN CONGRESS ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS WITH TED CRUZ, WHICH WE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. SO FOR ME, I NEEDED CLARITY IT IS HARD WHEN YOU HAVE AY COLLEAGUE WHO IS WELL-LIKED, TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT IT IS REALLY THERE IS NO PRIZE. THERE IS NO PRIZE, EVER, FOR SOMEONE WH AGAINST THE POWERFUL MAN I COULD HAVE TOLD ANY OF THE THAT DAY, AND WHEN I CALLED ON HIM TO RESIGN, 34 OTHER SENATORS FOLLOWED ME. IT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE THAT ALONE.HOSE EIGHT WOMEN AGAIN IF IT HAPPENED TODAY. ADAM: THE LATE JOHN MCCAIN TOO A NUMBER OF STANDS ON HIS OWN AND WAS CAAVERICK. WHY ARE THEY CALLING? YOU AND MAVERICK THESE DAYS? -- WHY AREN'T THEY CALLING YOU A MAVERICK THESE DAYS? SEN. GILLIBRAND: I DON'T KNO: IS SEN. GILLIBRAND: I DON'T KNOW. ANYONE WHO HAS COME FORWARD AGA HIGH-RANKING OFFICER IN THE MILITARY WHO IS GOOD AT HIS DAY JOB, THAT IS WHY THE DISBELIEVED AND RETALIATED AGAINST, AND JUSTICE IS IMPOSSIBLE. IT IS JUST REALLY HARD. WE HAVE SEEN POWERFUL PEOPLE AND I UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS. THESE ARE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND GROPING AND FORCIBLE KISSING. IT IE SAME AS A SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE, BUT IT STILL MATTERS AND IT IS NOT OK. WE SHOULD HAVE A HIGHER STANDARD, NOT A LOWER STANDARD FOR PEOPLE IN PUBLIC SERVICE. ADAM: FROM DAN. >> AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IN MA FOR-PROFIT PUBLICLY-TRADEDT MADE ALMOST 760 MILLION DOLLA THREE MONTHS. 80% OF THAT REVENUE CAME FRO MANAGING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THAT SITUATION. IS IT THE SHAREHOLDER OF THE STUDENT? K12.COM. SEN. GILLIBRAND: AND THEY MANAGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS? ES. 88% OF THE REVENUE FROM THIS COMPANY IS MANAGING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SEN. GILLIBRAND: THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A GOOD USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTO REF POLICIES. SEN. GILLIBRAND: THE FIRST THI I WOULD DO IS NOT APPOINT SOMEONE LIKE BETSY DEVOS TO BE MY PERHAPS A SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDS WHY OUR PUBL IMPORTANT. IT SHOULDN'T MATTER WHAT BLOCK YOU GREW UP ON. EVERY CHILD SHOULD HAVE TO A HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC SCHOOL. AS PRESIDENT, I WOULD DO A COUPLE OF THINGS DIFFERENTLY. OUT FULLY FUND SPECIAL ED. SPECIAL ED IS FUNDED AT 18%. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE 40%. ONCE YOU DO THAT, YOU HAVE F MORE RESOURCES SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE NOT ONLY SPECIAL ED TEACHERS YOU NEED, BUT MORE RESOURCES FOR OTHER TEACHERS,GHE THE CLASSROOM. I WOULD ALSO ASK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUND ASPECTS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLING THAT ARE LEFT BEHIND SOMETIM SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE RESOURCES, LIKE ART, MUSIC, GY AND I WOULD HAVE THE FED GOVERNMENT OFFSET BRICK-AND-MORTAR EXPENSES. THOSE ARE WAYS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN HELP LOCAL SCHOOL BUDGETS. I WOULD INCENTIVIZ MONEY FOR STATES WILLING TO EQUALIZE THEIR FUNDING. G IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW INCOME DISTRICT AND YOUR SCHOOL IS NOT FUNCTIONING WELL BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE RESOURCES VERSUS A WEALTHY DISTRICT, THAT I WRONG. IT SHOULDN'T MATTER WHAT BLOCK YOU GREW UP ON I WOULD INCENTIVIZE STATES TO BE MORE CREATIVE ABOUT EQUALIZING FUNDING AND GETTING MORE RESOURCES TO WHERE IT IS NEEDED. >> THANK YOU THERE IS ONLY A 1% INCREASE IN PUBLIC FUNDING. SEN. GILLIBRAND: IT IS NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR KIDS. I WOULD ALSO INVESTIGATE -- I WOULD ALSO INVEST IN VERSO PRE-K, AND OUR IDEA OF NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE TO GET TO -- DEBT-FREE COLLEGE. >> THANK YOU FOR ANS QUESTIONS. A LOT OFE UNDECIDED AND TRYING TO FIND A COMMON AREA WHERE WE CAN RELATE TO SOMEONE. I AM A FORMER EDUCATOR, A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER, AND THE THING THAT IS BOTHERING ME ABOUT POLITICS RIGHT NOW IS THE LEVEL OF DISCOURSE THE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY GIVE AND TA EXPECTED. TO HAVE PEOPLE SAY NICE THIN ABOUT PEOPLE. WITH SO MANY GOOD CANDIDATES RUNNING, AND I WON'T HOLD YOU TH SOME CANDIDATES YOU WOULD LIKE N. GILLIBRAND: I THINK ALMOST ALL OF THEWOULD BE EXTRAORDINARY, IN DIFFEREN CAPACITIES. WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE 2 DEMOCRATS RUNNING RIGHT NOW WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES IN DIFFERENT RESPECTS TO SERVING WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD IDEAS. I WOULD CONS IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES ANDF THE SERVE IN MY ADMINISTRATION. IT WOULD HELP MAKE THIS COUNTRY STNEXT QUESTION COME FROM THAT TALLY A -- FRO NATALIA. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK, WHEN YOU GET THE NOMINA ULTIMATELY BE THE DEFINING ISSUE YOU WENT DONALD TRUMP WILL GO BACK AND FORTH ON? SEN. GILLIBRAND: ALL HAS BROKEN PROMISES. HE PROMISED PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES AND HASN'T. THE FACT HE PROMISED, WE WILL HAVE BETTER HEALTH CARE THAT IS UNIVERSAL AND CHEAPER, HASN'TED. ALL HE HAS DONE IS DISMANTLE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. HIS PROMISE TO B BRING B -- HIS PROMISE TO BRING BACK MANUFACTURING JOBS, HE STARTED A TRADE WAR WITH CHINA, THE FACT HE HASN'T BROUGHT BACK MANUFACTURING JOBS, THAT HE DOES TO HAVE MORE GROWTH IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR REWARDING WORK, SUPPORTING UNIONS, SUPPORTING HIGHER PAY, SUPPORTING BETTER JOB TRAINING. HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING HE PROMISED TO DO. HIM FELT DEEPLY LEFT BEHIND, FELTHE ECONOMY WASN'T WORKING FOR THEM, HE IS THE ONE THAT SAID THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED, BUT HE IS THE GUY RIGGING IT, LYING\\ - HE IS THE ONE LINING HIS CABINET WITH THE ELITE OF THE ELITE.HE W AND HE IS THE BIG TOAD RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. SO I BELIEVE, I WILL TALK ABOUT OUR DIFFERENCES AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THINGS I HAVE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED IN PUBLIC SERVICE OVER THE LAST DECADE, AND WHAT I WOULD ACCOMPLISH AS PRESIDENT, VERSUS WHAT HE PROMISED TO D AND HIS FAILURE TO MEET ANY OF THOSE GOALS. ADAM: NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM TRACY MILLER. >> MITCH MCCONNELL IS CONTROLLING TH WISE AND THEIR TALK ABOUT REMOVING HIM FROM OFFICE? SEN. GILLIBRAND: WELL, THERE IS. [LAUGHTER] THERMUCH. I JUST ENDORSED HIS OPPONENT AND HIS ESTATE FOR SENATE, SO I AM VERY EXCITED WE HAVE AN OPPO SEE IN KENTUCKY. I BELIEVE THERE ARE FIVE OR SIX WE COULD FLIP, SO HE WOULD NO LONGER BE TH AND WE HAVE GOOD CANDIDATES RUNNING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO I HAVE FAITH THVOTER IS ON FI TODAY, THEY JUST FLIPPED THE IN 2020 WE CANNOT ONLY TAKE TH SENATE. ADAM: A QUESTION COMING IN FROD HE ASKS, TELL US HOW YOU ARE GOING TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMY AND GREAT -- AND CREATE MORE JOBS AND PRESIDENT TRUMP? ECONOMY ISN EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW. LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. ECONOMISTS CAN SAY, THE ECONOMY IS GROWING. BUT YOU ASK REGULAR PEOPLE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YESTERDAY? DO YOU HAVE A BRIGHTER FUTURE THAN YESTERDAY? TH NO. BECAUSE DESPITE LOW STATED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, REAL UNEMPLOYMENT IS MUCH HIGHER, BETWEEN 7% AND 12%. IT CAN BE SO MUCH IRE IF YOU BEGIN TO COUNT PEOPLE WHO HAVE STOPPED LOOKING FOR WORK, OR ARE ARE NOT FULLY EMPLOYED. THERE IS SO MUCH NEED FOR BETTER JOBS, HIGHER WAGES AND MORE OPPORTUNITY. TOE THAT HAPPEN I WOULD DO AT LEAST THREE THINGS. FIRST, I WOULD SUPPORT OUR UNIONS. WHEN YOU HAVE A UNION JOB, YOU ARE GOING TO EARN 25% MORE AND HAVE BETTER BENEFITS AND SO WILL BECAUSE WHEN A COMMUNITY IS UNIONIZED, THERE IS HIGHER WAGES FOR EVERODY. SECOND, I WOULD SUPPORT A $50 MINIMUM WAGE INDEXED TO INFL PEOPLE CAN FEED THEIR FAMILY. THIRD, I WOULD START INVESTI TRA I WOULD GUARANTEE THAT NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, IF YOU ARE UNDEREMPLOYED OR UNEMPLOYED, WE WOULD USE OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, STATE SCHOOLS, APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND NOTR TO GET A JOB IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE FIELD THEY WANT, TO CONTINUE TO EARN A WAGE IN THE MIDDLE CLASS. WHEN BOMBARD YOUR -- IER NEEDED ADVANCED WORKERS NEW YORK, THEY WENT TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES. WE WILL HIRE YOUR GRADUATES. JOB. IN THOSE PROGRAMS. IT WORKS. IMAGINE IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INVESTED IN THOSE PROGRAMS AROUND THE COUNTRY AS A GUARANTEE, SOME NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE YOU COULD BE EARNING AT A HIGHER LEVEL. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I'M AN UNDECIDED VOTER. FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE MOS I HAVE SEEN CONGRESS IS ONE PARTY OR ANOTHER INVESTIGATING EACH OTHER. IF HALF AS MUCH EFFORT HAD BEEN SPENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, GUN VIOLENCE OR RACE RELATIONS, WE WOULD HAVE COME A LONG WAY TO SOLVE T PROBLEMS. WHY SHOULD I VOTE FOR SOMEBODY THAT IS IN CONGRESS? SEN. GILLIBRAND: I HAV THERE LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT IS IN OUR WAY. I HAVE BEEN THERE LONG ENOUGH SEE THE GREED AND CORRUPTION AT THE ROOT OF EVERY PROBLEM THAT SEEMS UNSOLVABLE TODAY. I KNOW THE SPECIAL INTEREST HEALTH CARE IS A RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE, THE DRUG COMPANIES, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES. I KNOW WHAT IS IN THE WAY OF PASSING A GREEN NUDE DEAL, POLLUTERS, THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY. I KNOW WHAT IS IN THE WAY TO ENDINGE, THE NRA AND GUN MANUFACTURERS. IF YOU HAVE NO EXPERIENCE, THEY WILL RUN CIRCLES AROUND YOU. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OUTMANEUVER MAJORITY LEADERS WHO DON'T SHARE MY VALUES BY PASSING BILLS, BY MAKING THE ISSUE SO IMPORTANT EVERITH THE 9/11 HEALTH BILL. WHEN THE 9/11 HEALTH BIL GIVEN TO ME TO LEAD, I WAS A FRESHMAN SENATOR AND THERE WAS NO INTEREST I CONGRESS IN HELPING 9/11 FIRST RESPONDERS. -- NO HELPING 911 FIRST RESPONDERSGUIS HAD OVER 20 HEARINGS AND WAS DEAD ON ARRIVAL. I KNEW I HAD TO CREATE SUPPORT. I MAKE FIRST RESPONDERS CAME TO WASHINGTKED ON DOORS, MADE THEIR CASE TO EVERY CENTE -- TO EVERY SENATOR ABOUT WHY THEY WERE DYING FROM THESE HORRIBLE CANCERS BECAUSE THEY BREATHING TOXINS WHEN T THEY LOOK FOR SURVIVORS AND CLEANED UP REMAINS. THEY HAD THE HARDEST JOB, AND THE EPA AT THE TIME TOLD THEM THE AIR WAS SAFE. MORE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE DIED SINCE 11 -- DIED SINCE 9/11 TH ON 9/11. I WENT ON EVERY TV SHOW, EVEN JON STEWART SPENT TWO WHOLE EPISODES ON 9/11 FIRST RESPONDERSDED FOX NEWS. I WENT INTO THE LION'S DEN A MET WITH ROGER AILES AND SAID ROGER, WHY IS YOUR PARTY NOT SUPPORTING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. YOU SAY REPUBLICANS ARE THE PARTY OF FIRST RESPONDERS. WHERE ARE YOU? I CONVINCED HIM HE HAD TO ATED SUCH SUPPORT THAT WE HAD JON STEWART ON ONE SIDE SUPPORTING AT A FOX NEWS -- SUPPORTING IT, AND FOX NEWS ON. THAT IS HOW WE PASSED THE BI WE CHANGE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS ISSUE. AS PRESIDENT, I KNOW WHAT I AM UP AGA BULLY PULPIT TO BRING CONGREAGUE STATES TO GET THINGS DONE. I BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER BECAUSE IN THE LAST CONGRESS WITH A REPUBLICAN HOUSE, SENATE AND PAS BILL PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD NO RELEVANT EXPERIENCE, NO EXPERIENCE AT ALL. HAS HE GOTTEN DONE? NO, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.SN'T KN ACROSS THE AISLE AND FIND COMMON GROUND I GET THINGS DONE. THE EXPERIENCE I HAVE IS THE EXPERIENCE THE NEXT PRESIDENT NEEDS TO GOVERN, AND TO HEAL THIS DIVIDE PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS CREATED. I REPRESENT EVERYBODY. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE WHERE YOU LIVE OR WHO YOU LOVE, I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU AND I WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR FAMILY AS IF THEY WERE MY OWN. THAT IS WHY I AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENATOR. IT HAS BEEN PREDICTED THERE WILL BE A FINANCIAL CRISIS IN SOCIAL SECURITY BY THE YEAR5. YOU HAVE BEEN IN CONGRESS A NUMBER OF YEARS. HAVE YOU TAKEN ON THAT PROBLEM? AND WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN SOLVED? SEN. GILLIBRAND: YES, I HAVE I WORKED ON A BILL WITH OUR COLLEAGUES, SOME OF WHOM ARE ALSO RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS BLOW THE CAP RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW ONLY THE FIRST 130,000 DOLLARS IS TAXED AT JUST OVER 6% TO PUT INTO THE SOCIAL SECURITY BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH. IT WILL RUN OUT OF MONEY SOON. ALL INCOME L TAXED AT SIX POINT WHATEVER PERCENT SO THAT WE CAN RESOURCES WE NEED FUND SOCIAE BI HOLE SO WE DON'T INCE TAXES ON MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES. IT STARTS UP AGAIN AT $250,000. IT IS FOR THE HIGHEST WAGE EARNERS IN AMERICA AND THAT WILL RESTORE SOCIAL SECURITY LIKE THAT. IF WE TALK ABOUT THIS ACRO COUNTRY, WE WILL GET REPUBLICAN SUPPORT. IT DOESN'T MATVE. SENIORS EVERYWHERE ONE VIABLE SOCIAL SECURITY. PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WOR THEIR WHOLE LIVES BUYING INTO SAFETY NET WANT TO KNOW THAT IT IS THERE. I DARE REPUBLICANS TO VOTEI DARE THERE CONSTITUENTS WILL BE -- THEIR AND VOTE THEM OUT. THAT IS AN IDEA THERE HAS BE COMMONSENSE GROUND ON. I WILL TAKE THE BULLY PULPIT OFT >> WHY HASN'T IT BEEN DONE? SEN. GILLIBRAND: PRESIDENT TRUMP DOESN'T CARE. IT NEEDS LEADERS I WILL PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP TO SHORE UP SOCIAL SECURITY AND BLOW THE CAP TO MAKE SURE IT IS FULLY FUNDED FOREVER. ADAM: THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM JOAN. >> IT IS A QUESTION ON ENERGY. HOW WOULD YOU IMPLEMENT MORE CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY, UPGRADE GRIDS AND REDUCE THE USE OF PAST THE NEW DEAL. PUT A PRICE ON CARBON. AND CREATE A NATIONAL NARRATIVEO I LOVE THE PARALLEL TO JOHN F. KENNEDY. HE DID EXACTLY THAT. HE SAID, WE WANT TO PUT A MAN ON NOT BECAUSE IT IS EASY, BUT BECAUSE IT IS HARD. HE KNEW IF HE ASK THE AMER PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE, EVE AMERICAN KID WOULD WANT TO BE AN ASTRONAUT, EVERYTHING'S ASSISTANT MATHEMATICIAN WOULD WANT TO JOIN NASA. SO WHY NOT DO THE SAME WIT GREEN ENERGY AND INVEST IN COMPANIES THAT PRODUCE WIND AND BIOFUELS? WHY NOT REDUCE TAXES FOR ANY COMPANY WILLING TO BUILD ENERGY OR APPLIANCES? WHY NOT INVEST IN THE IN FOR, HIGH-SPEED RAIL, RURAL BROADBAND, THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE A N ENERGY AND RENEWABLE ECONOMY POSSIBLE? AND WHY NOT MAKE THIS THE AMBITION OF OUR GENERATION, THAT RE GOING TO SOLVE IT? AND DON'T OFFER SUPPORT TO OTHER NATIONS UNLESS THEY ARE WILLINGR TO TAKE THIS AS SERIOUSLY AS AMERICA WILL. THAT IS HOW YOU DO IT. USE OUR PLAC LEAD THE REST OF THE WORLD, SOMETHING PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN AFRAID OF AND UNABLE TO D ADAM: FACEBOOK QUESTION FR DON. HE ASKS, WHERE WAS YOUR OUTRAG ABOUT IMMIGRANT CHILDREN WHEN BARACK OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT? SEN. GIL CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT PRESIDENT HE HAS CREATED AN IMMIGRATIOLY LOCKING UP CHILDREN AND PARENTS, SEPARATINGHEM, SEVEN CHILDREN HAVE DIED IN HIS CUSTODY. THAT DIDAPPEN UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA'S WATCH. WE HAVE LITERALLY DOZENS OF CHILDREN WHO STILL ARE NOT UNITED WITH THEIR PARENTS. THAT ALSO DID NOT HAPPEN UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA. WHAT WE HAVE IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY NEW AND IT IS VERY DESTRUCTIVE. AS PRESIDENT, I WOULD DO IT ENTIRELY DIFFERENTLY. I WOULD FULLY FUND BORDER SECURITY. I WO THE BOARDING -- ALL THE MONEY FOR CROSS-BORDER TERRORISM, MONEY FOR ANTI-DRUG, HUMAN AND DRUG TRAFFICKING, BUT I WOULDHE HUMANITARIAN ISSUE IT IS, AS T ECONOMIC ISSUE IT IS, AS THE FAMILY ISSUE IT IS, I WOULD PASS COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM WITH THE PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR THE 10 MILLION 12 MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY HERE. I WOULD CREATE A 10-YOUR PATHWAY WERE DURING THAT TIME THEY HAD TO PAY TAXES, LOCAL TAXES, PROPERTY TAXES, SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES, AND IF THEY DO EVERYTHI RIGHT, THEY CAN BECOME A CITIZEN IN 10 YEARS. AT THE BORDER I WOULD DEAL WITHF THINGS. FIRST, TREAT THEM HUMANELY WHEN THEMSELVES TO BORDER PATROL AGENT. I WOULD ASSIGN THEM LAWYERS AND COURT DATES.ASED SYSTEM WH FAMILIES, LIVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND HAVE A PROPE PROCESS WITH REAL JUDGES. WE DON'T HAVE JUDGES APPOINTED FOR LIFE OR IMMIGRATION JUDGES. THEY ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.I WOULD ACTUALL COUNTRIES TH ARE SO UNSTABLE, WHERE COUNTRIES ARE FLEEING. IF YOU TURN A BLIND EYE TO SUFFERING IN PLACES LIKE EL SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA, THAT THIS WILL NEVER END. YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF MOTHER IS SO AFRAID FOR HER SON, SO AFRAID FOR HIS LIFE BECAUSE THERE IS GANG VIOLENCE IN THE NG TO BE KILLED WITHIN A YEAR, SHE IS SO FRIGHTENED SHE SENT HIM NORTH, KNOWING HE MIGHT NOT SURVIVE THE JOURNEY, KNOWING THAT HE MIGHT NOT THAT IS BETTER THAN A SURE DEATH WHERE SHE IS.S HOW DESPERATE THE FAMILIES ARE. I JUST ASK AMERICA TO THINK MOMENT ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF IT WAS YOUR CHILD. IT I HAPPENING IN THESE OTHER PLACES, BUT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO HELP OTHERS WHO NEED YOU, IT WILL COME BACK AND HARM YOU, I PROMISE YOU. I HAVE SEEN IT IN OTHER PLACES. I TOOK SENATORIA, NOT SYRIA BUT TO JORDAN AND TURKEY, TO SEE THE SYRIAN REFUGEES, ANS MET WITH MOTHERS, AND THEY H TEARS STREAMING DOWN THEIR EYES, AND THEY ARE SO ANGRY AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT THESE SENATORS, SAYING YOU ARE SO AFRAID O OSAMA BIN LADEN, EVERY DAY YOU TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE SUFFERING THESE REFUGEES, YOU ARE CREATING THOUSANDS OF THEM. SHE WASN'T W HURT YOU.EY NEED IT. ADAM: I FACEBOOK QUESTION COMING IN FROM TONYA.SHE ASKS, WHAT IS ON MARIJUANA LAWS? SEN. GILLIBRAND: WE SHOULD LEGALIZE IT, D SCHEDULE IT AND DECRIMINALIZE IT. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PATIENTS I HAVE MET MARIJUANA AND CANNABIS, IT IS LIFE-CHANGING, WHETHER YOU ARE A VETERAN TRYING TO DO WITH PTSDON ANXIETY. MANY VETERANS FIND CANNABIS BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE DRUG. MEET A MOTHER AND FATHER WHOSE CHILD HAS A SEIZURE DISORDER, WHERE BABIES HAVE 100 SEIZURES A DAY. MORE EFFECTIVE THAN BARBITURATES THAT ARE LEGAL FOR THEIR CHILD TO TAK WHY SHOULD A MOTHER HAVE TO FLY TO COLORADO OR SOME OTHER STATE TO GET THE MEDICINE, BRING IT TO THEIR STATE, HAVE IT TESTED TOUR NEED, JUST TO MEET THE NEEDS SO THEIR CHILD CAN SURVIVE? WE NEED MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN EVERY STATE AND WE NEEDED AT EVERY V.A.. WE NEED TO DECRIMINALIZE IT. THE WAY OUR SYSTEM HAS WORKED WITH REGARD TO MARIJUANA IS UNJUST. THERE IS RACIAL BIAS IN CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. BLACK AND BROWN YOUNG MEN ARE A WHITE YOUNG MAN USES IS THAT -- USES IT IS THAT RACIAL BIAS IN OUR FIXED. AND WHEN YOU ARE INCARCERATED FOR MARIJUANA, IT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE. IT MIGHT MEAN A JOB YOU WON'T GET, IT MIGHT MEAN YOU CAN NO LONGER VISIT YOUR MOTHER I PUBLIC HOUSING, IT MIGHT MEAN YOU DON'T GET ACCESS TO CERTAIN OPPORTUNITIES. IT IS LIFE-CHANGING. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE BAIL THE EVENING BECAUSE BAIL SYSTEM, YOU MIGHT BE LOCKED UP UNTIL YOUR COURT DATE, WHICH MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO MISS WORK, IT MEANS IF YOU ARE A SINGLENT, CHILD, YOUR WHOLE LIFE BECOMESSO ALONE I WANT TO DECRIMINALIZ IT, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE ANYONE ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSION, TH THOSE ARRESTS ARE A VITI WHY SHOULD WALL STREET MAKE AL THE MONEY ON DECRIMINALIZING ND SCHEDULING? WHY NOT GIVE COMMUNITIES OR OPPO TO HELP CREATE A MARKET SO THEY CAN THRIVE? AND ALL THE MONEY IN TEXAS WE GET FROM THIS NEW, LEGALIZED RESOURCES BACK INTO COMMUNITIES THAT W HARMED BECAUSE OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM. ADAM: CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR ANSWER ON WHAT YOU WOULD DO WITH BRAND: LEGALIZING MARIJUANA WILL HELP. PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED OPIOID ADDICTION THAT ONE OF E BEST TREATMENTS IS MARIJUANA FOR ANXIETY AND CHRONIC PAIN. ND, I WOULD FULLY FU PREVENTION AND TREATMENT MEASURES. THERE IS A BILL IN CONGRESS THAT IS GOING TO PUT HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO TE NEXT THAT REALLY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. ABOUT $10 BILLION A YEAR. THAT WOULD REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AT LAST, I WOULD MAKE SURE WE TAKE ON THE DRUG COMPANIES. I WOULD CRIMINALLY PROSECUTE SEEN FROM SACKLER FAMI DOCUMENTS WITH PURDUE PHARMACEUTICALS, THAT THEY INTENTIONALLY MADE THE OPIOIDS MORE ADDICTIVE TO ADDICT MORE PATIENTS. THEY CARED MORE ABOUT PROFITS THAN PIENTS. IT IS THE DEFINITION OF GREED END AND THIS INSTANCE I THINK IT SO I WOULD URGE WE FULLY PROSECUTE AND INVESTIGATE ANYONE WHO HAS WILLFULLY ADDICTEDTIENT PATIENT TO TRY TO HAVE RECORD PROFITS. ADAM: SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SEN. GILLIBRAND: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCH