-span's "q&a." announcer: the national education association held its 2020 presidential forum in houston, texas. several several candidates share their plans for america's public schools. this is about two hours. hola, hermanos and hermanas. you know who i am, but there are very special guests backstage listening. we are live streaming for the first time across the country. i will take a minute to introduce myself. will take a mo introduce myself. i am lily i am lily eskelson garcia, a sixth-grade teacher from utah. [cheers and applause] and president of the national education associaton. we represent 3 million passionate educators. what we have to say about the needs of public school students and their families and communities should be important to elected officials, who will make the decisions that we all have to live with, that our students have to live with. our students have to live with. that is why we have come here together on this special red day.ead -- red for ed ed is all about the voice of educators and our responsibility to protect our students. and the integrity of our pro

place in houston. it is about two hours and 15 minutes. >> you know who i am but there are some very special guest backstage listening and we are live streaming this for the first time all across the country. i am a teacher from utah. [applause] coincidentally, president of this nations largest labor union [indiscernible] millionsent over 3 compassionate caring professional educators. that is why we have come here together on this very special day. read it for ed. it is all about the voice of educators. and our responsibility to protect our students. we talked to a lot of candidates this time. the questions you are going to our will come directly from nea members. these are educators who have submitted their questions through our website on either video or typing it in and asking what they want to hear on strong public schools.org. and taken go up there a look during today's forum. each candidate and this is important, we know how to tell someone what to put the pencils down. [laughter] we are giving each candidate 10 minutes. have oneidate will minute of an opening remark. anything

, the country's largest union and professional interest group held a forum friday in houston. senator bernie sanders was the first candidate to be interviewed. ic schools. this is about two hours. [speaking spanish] but therew who i am, are very special guests backstage listening. we are live streaming for the first time across the country. i will take a minute to introduce myself. -- i am lily garcia. we represent 3 million passionate educators. what we have to say about the needs of public school students and their families and communities should be important to elected officials, who will make the decisions that we all have to live with, that our students have to live with. that is why we have come here together on this special red day.ead -- red for ed ed is all about the voice of educators and our responsibility to protect our students. and the integrity of our professions. red for ed is a movement that has spread across our great nation. we are marching this movement straight towards election 2020. we intend to stand up and be part of the democratic process that will ch

-span radio app. the national educational association held its 2020 presidential forum in houston. several democratic presidential candidates shared their plans for america's public schools. this is about two hours. hola. you certainly know who i am. there are some very special guests backstage and we are livestreaming this all across the country. i will take a moment to introduce myself. i am a six great teacher from utah. e teacher from utah. [applause] coincidentally, president of this nation's largest labor union, the national educational -- [applause] represent over 3 million compassionate, caring professional educators. we have about 3 million in this room right now. what we have to say about the needs of public school students and their families and their communities should be important to elected officials who will make the decisions that we all have to live with, that our students have to live with. that is why we have come here together on this very special red for ed day. red for ed. it is all about the voice of educators and our responsibility to protect our students a

it was the university of houston, $50 a semester, a commuter college, that was my chance. [applause] i hung on and i became a special needs teacher. i have lived my dream. [applause] i want to say one thing. no.: no, nice try, though. senator warren: i understand. allowed people to upload videos of themselves asking all of the questions. you are going to hear one now from sarah, and education support professional in kentucky. what can you do for the united states to ensure that all children are entitled to a fully-funded public education, a quality education for all? i've got a plan for that. [no audio] because i believe if you want to get something done, you really need a plan for that. let me give you some pieces of it. it starts with a wealth tax. on the top cent tax 1/10 of 1% of the great fortunes in this country, people who have more than $50 million in wealth. and firstllionth dollar, pitch in two cents and two cents for every dollar after that. here is what weekend do with two cents. we can provide universal childcare for every baby in this country aged zero to five. [no aud