trial in new york, as it contind r the 19th day. then we will hear fm e prosecutor for the international criminal court announcingis intention to seek arrest warrants for hamas and israeli leaders, includi pme minister benjamin netanyahu. we will hear from defense secretary lloyd austin alosi joint chiefs of staff chair general charles brown junior on thear in ukraine and the helicopter crash that killed iran's president over the weekend. that and more coming up tonight, on c-span. ls show that support for the president may be slipping among black

voters. this is about 20 minutes. [cheers and applause] pres. biden: thank you. thank you. thank you. [chanting "four more years!"] pres. biden: thank you. please have a seat. i don't feel tired. i feel inspired! [applause] hello, detroit! my name is joe biden and i am a lifetime member of the naacp. as a matter of fact, the first organization i ever joined was the naacp. we didn't get to vote until we were 21 in those days, but i got involved in civil rights when i

was 15. i want to thank reverend anthony for that introduction. i tell you what, i measure the significance of an award based on the character and the consequence of those organizations bestowing it. i love detroit for three reasons. number one. my dad was an automobile manager. detroit put food on our table every night. [applause] not a joke. not a joke. and when i was vice president, things were kind of bad during the pandemic. and what happened was barack said to me, go to detroit and help fix it. the poor mayor, he spent more time with me that he ever thought he would have to. [laughs] folks, i'm humbled to receive this organization with defines -- which defines the character and consequence of what we do. i'm always grateful to derek johnson.

and the leadership of the naacp. and thanks to all the members of the biggest naacp branch in america, in detroit. [cheers and applause] it's great to see so many friends, including debbie stabenow. i am going to miss her in washington, but she will not get away because i will keep coming to her for advice. i will always be your friend and seek your counsel. and governor gretchen whitmer is the cochair of my campaign. [cheers and applause] and another great leader is mayor mike duggan. i brag about him all the time. i think, mike, you are one of the best mayors in the entire united states of america, and i mean that. [applause] all the members of the congressional delegation and all of the local leaders. look, folks, i just came from atlanta where i delivered a commencement at morehouse

college. [applause] truly inspiring. over 400 young black men who will do extraordinary things. i told them, i saw them. i heard them. and the nation needs them. they are the future of this country. i'm here tonight to say the nation also needs all of you. and i mean that sincerely. you matter. let's be clear. because of your vote, it's the only reason i here as president am of the united states of america. period. again, that is not a joke. that's a fact. you are the reason kamala harris is a historic vice president. you are the reason donald trump is a defeated former president. [applause] pres. biden: and you are the reason donald trump is going to be a loser again. [cheers and applause] you placed enormous faith in me.

and i have tried my best to honor the trust by doing everything in my power to get us through one of the toughest periods in our history. we got through the pandemic. investing more money than ever in black families and communities, putting checks in people's pockets to reduce black child poverty. reconnecting black neighborhoods cut off all highways and decades of disinvestment, including here in detroit. removing every lead so every child, particularly neighbors on the brink can drink -- including your neighbors here in flint can drink clean water without fear of brain damage. we are making the most significant investment ever in climate justice, including the most significant environmental justice is asked ever. every child can breathe clean air. we are delivering affordable high-speed internet. so no child has to do their homework outside of the mcdonald's parking lot.

as a senator i tried for years to beat big pharma. we finally did. $35 a month for seniors, instead of $400 a month or more. we put a cap on out-of-pocket costs for seniors at $2000 a year, no matter how high their prescription costs are. expensive cancer drugs would cost $10,000, $15,000 a year. this year, medicare is negotiating for lower prices for the cost of these drugs in the market, for everything from heart disease to authorities. it saves the taxpayer $160 billion, because medicare doesn't have to pay those exorbitant prices. on my watch, more black americans have health insurance than ever in all of history, and i protected and expanded the affordable care act. saving millions of families $8,000 per year in premiums.

my administration is taking significant action to provide -- taken the most significant action to provide the most student debt relief ever. over 4.5 million americans including a significant number of black borrowers have their debts wiped out. and i am not finished yet. we are investing a record 16 billion dollars in hbcus. $16 billion. [cheers and applause] more than ever. because you are critical to our nation's growth and opportunities for african-american women and men. we are giving access to capital to start businesses, and loans to buy homes. we are cracking down on corporate landlords to keep rents down. our policies are resulting in historic lows in black unemployment, and blacks small

businesses are starting up at the fastest rate they have in 30 years. we are opening the doors to generational wealth. in fact, the racial wealth gap is at its lowest level in 20 years. but there is much more to do. i appointed the first black woman to the supreme court of the united states of america. it matters. her name is justice ketanji brown jackson. [applause] by the way, i have appointed more black women to the federal circuit court of appeal than every other president in american history combined. [applause] people are now realizing how critical the supreme court appointments. overall, i have appointed only 200 judges for the federal bench. we passed the most significant gun safety law in decades and i will not stop until once again

, we are able to ban all assault weapons in america. [cheers and applause] but, folks, all of that progress is at risk. trump is trying to make the country forget just how dark things were, and unsettling things were when he was president. but we will never forget. we will never forget him lying about how serious the pandemic was. telling america, just inject bleach. i think that's what he did. that is why he is so screwy. [laughter] trump wants to give power back to big pharma. charge exorbitant prices again. he wants to take seniors back. tenant paying 400 dollars a month for insulin, instead of $35. to eliminate the $2000 cap that i have set, that no senior has to pay for a yearly basis, for more than 2011 for all prescriptions including both terrible needed drugs for cancer and many of the things that can cost as much as 14,000 dollars,

$15,000 a year. the medicines you need in order to live. look, folks, on my watch, 20 million americans have health insurance under the affordable care act. trump has tried to get rid of the affordable care act more than 50 times. trump is still determined to do it. in his words, he wants to terminate the affordable care act which would deny 3 million black americans health care. end-of-life protections for pre-existing conditions for millions of americans. we are going to deny trump. [applause] during his presidency, he enacted a $2 trillion tax cut that overwhelmingly benefited the very wealthy and the biggest corporations and excluded the federal deficit. republicans talk about the debt. well, guess what? he racked up more of the federal debt than any previous president in all of american history. now he wants to do it again.

at the same time, he is determined to cut social security and medicare. i will protect medicare and social security. i will make the very wealthy family begin to pay their fair share. [applause] look. i am a union guy. [cheers and applause] i am a i will remind everybody. wall street didn't build america. the middle class built america, and unions built the middle class. [cheers and applause] i walk the picket line with union workers here in michigan at the same time trump went to a nonunion shop to show his disrespect for union workers. he bragged about getting roe v. wade overturned. he not only denies reproductive freedom, the mortality rate for black moms who are nearly three

times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than a white man. -- than a white woman. trump encouraged voter suppression. he and his extremists gutted affirmative action. if he is reelected, who do you think he will put on supreme court? you think he will put anybody who has a brain? , look, as dr. king said, give us the ballot and we will put judges on the bench. re-elect kamala and me and the democratic congress, and we will sign the john lewis voting rights act, the freedom to vote act, and make it the law of the land again. equity end -- are the questions

of america. that is what i am proud to have the most diverse administration in history. to tap into the full talents of our country. i promised you when i was president that i would have an administration that looks like america. we have more african-americans, more women, more minorities in our administration than any other administration in all of history. that is why we are doing so damn well. i never imagined in 2024 that there would be folks fighting to ban books in america. what in god's name is that about? not only that, they are trying to erase black history. literarily. they do not stand, black history is american history! [cheers and applause] together, we make history. we do not erase history.

[applause] but folks, the threat that trump poses is greater in his second term than the first. it is clear that when he lost in 2020, and i mean this sincerely, something snapped in trump. he lost it. that is why january 6 would happen. every legal avenue, tried trump to challenge the election, field. then it led to insurrection. now he is running again. he is not only obsessed about losing in 2020, he is clearly unhinged. just listen to him. he calls those who stormed capitol hill patriots. he says if reelected, he warns quote everyone of them, pardoned. let me ask you, what do you think you would've done on january 6 if black americans had stormed the capitol? i am serious, what do you think. i can only imagine. this time he is telling people,

he is being more honest. he says, i will be a dictator on day one. asked if he thought violence would occur if you lost, he said, quote, it depends. how could it be that any american president cannot denounce political violence? political violence has no place in america. period. but that is not donald trump. [applause] donald trump has said if he loses again in november, there will be, quote, bloodshed. what in gods name are we talking about here? if the united states of america! folks, trump is not running to lead america. he is running for revenge. that revenge is no way to lead the country. you can't build a future on revenge. america has a future of promise and hope and possibilities. because that's who we are, a nation of possibilities. let me close with this.

[applause] on friday, i joined the naacp at the national museum of african-american history and culture in washington. we honored the anniversary of brown v. board of education. i spent time with the plaintiffs and their families in the oval office of the white house. i also met with members of the little rock nine. one year after brown v, vivian malone and james hood reached the doors and university of alabama. they were blocked by hate. and a governor of alabama. back in washington, president kennedy addressed the nation, warning them of moral crisis and bigotry facing the nation. he enacted the civil-rights bill. late that night in jackson, mississippi, naacp leader medgar evers was assassinated outside his home.

earlier this month, i posthumously awarded medgar evers the presidential medal of freedom, our nation's highest civilian honor. [applause] his spirit and doors. the naacp's. spirit and odors. that is what i need you. imagine the future recompute build together. i see a future where we can build democracy, not diminish it. protect our freedom, not take it away. a future where the middle class finally have a fair shot and the wealthy begin to pay their fair share in taxes so we can pay for child care, elder care, paid leave. an ideal future where we save the planet from a climate crisis in our country from gun violence. above all, i see a future where the full promise of america is

available to all americans regardless of religion, race or , background. folks, the idea of america is that we are all created equal and deserve to be treated equally throughout our lives. we have never fully lived up to it. we have never fully walked away from it either. but trump will. i will not. i know you will not either. we just have to remember who we are. we are the united states of america. and there is nothing, nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together, and there is no better outfit to do it with down the naacp. god bless you all, and may god protect americans. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, presenting the james weldon johnson lifetime achievement award to president joseph r.

biden, let us march on until victory is won. [cheers and applause] pres. biden: folks, let me say one more thing. my state was a slave state, to its great shame. my state was segregated by law. my state changed. the democratic party in my state needs to more southern than it was northeastern. i couldn't bring myself to register to vote as a republican , but i couldn't register as a democrat at the time because i joined an organization to try to change the party. that organization, the first when i joined, declined for stating what you are.

but i am proud to have been part of a party that was changing the nation and the state. thank you to the naacp. thank you for all that you do.