>> the supreme court has turned toy appeals of five states prohibit same-sex marriages. 's order immediately

ends delays on marriages in those states. that would make same-sex marriage legal in 30 states and the district of columbia. the justices have left unresolved the question of same-sex marriage nationwide. bill clinton is in arkansas today campaigning for senator mark pryor running for a third term. we will have live coverage of the president's comments 1:30 eastern. the cook political report says the race is a tossup. we will have live coverage of the north carolina u.s. house debate between renee ellmers and democratic challenger clay aiken. the incumbent leads the race in recent polls. governorut incumbent dan malloy and his republican challenger tom foley debated last week at the university of connecticut. the debate touched on ethics,

crime, business, and at the economic growth. there is a look at a portion of that debate. someone who takes the safety of our citizens seriously , i am proud of the changes made with gun laws are safer. we limit the size and capacity of the weapons that gets and four shots off in just a few minutes. that is what happened at the sandy hook school. we have also said that we don't want additional of these weapons of mass destruction to be sold in our state. i believe in all of that. i believe that we need to invest in mental health. that is why we are doing it as well. opponent is telling me that he would repeal that law. that law that allowed us to

lower homicides in connecticut by 32% in 2013. that law that is making children safer in schools and on the streets of bridgeport, hartford, new haven. that law which we came together on a bipartisan basis. the minority leader of the state senate championed that legislation and the urban environment challenged it -- championed it as well. tom fully will repeal it. i will never, ever do that. malloy is governor not telling the truth. i never said it would repeal the gun law and i won't. passed has not made people in connecticut any safer. we had a terrible tragedy in newtown.

please, let's fix the problem. let's figure out the cause of the problem and let's address do an overreaching gun bill, which is what he did. ae source of the problem was mental health problem. the governor had an opportunity to address mental health issues in connecticut, which i would like to address as governor. it is a serious problem. we don't have enough care for certain people with certain mental health problems. i would like to solve that problem. he had an opportunity to take a good policy direction and instead, he went off in a direction that was unnecessary and when he did it, he takes away rights of people who consider those rights important and you recognized in our debate on tuesday night that those rights exist and are important. so why did you take them away with no beneficial effect? we are not any safer. this is a bill that will confuse a lot of people. i have not set i would repeal

it. i want to address more important things in the future like jobs and the economy in getting control of spending in the state. >> mr. malloy, your rebuttal. >> mr. foley, i have had a lot of respect for you over the years, but tonight you just told somebody come everybody in the state something that is not true. you have said repeatedly that you would sign a repeal of the gun laws. you have said it month after month after month. and now that you understand the people are catching on to what you would do to their children, to their streets, to their urban environments, what you would do to these laws, now you want to fishtail around and flop back-and-forth and have it both ways. reportcook political lists this race as lean democrat well another report lists it as a pure tossup. you can see the entire debate on c-span.org. c-span's 2015 student kim

competition is underway. willationwide competition award 150 prizes to win $100,000. create a 5-7 minute documentary on the three branches and you. videos need to include c-span programming, show varying points of view, and must be submitted by january 2015. .org for morecam information. grab a camera and get started today. >> montana has won congressional district, the largest district in the u.s. house. inkyandidates are ryan's -- ryan zinke and john lewis. the incumbent is running for the stennett -- the senate. the house race is rated as republican favored. this debate is one hour.

>> from mts, the montana television network, this is campaign 2014, the house debate. made possible thanks to the greater montana foundation. >> debate night. we thank you for tuning in tonight. this is a big week for this campaign. these two candidates met in a radio debate earlier this week. tonight is the only televised face-to-face debate that we know of.

we would like to welcome our audience tonight statewide and televisionana stations and on pbs stations. we are going nationwide tonight on c-span. viewers are tuning in, we welcome you to the montana u.s. house debate. if you groundrules to go over. we will have no opening statements tonight. the candidates will be answering questions from panelists. each candidate will have a 32nd rebuttal. for awill be two minutes closing statement. there will be one break midweek through. we are here with a small group family and friends. we are all adults and we are not going to answer our cell phones in this debate. let's do our first introduction. zinke.

atis a standout athlete whitefish high school. he was a standout in several sports. he went to the university of oregon on a netflix scholarship, earning a degree in geology. he has had a 23 year did career with the military in the u.s. navy seals. he chaired the senate education committee and just a couple of years ago he ran for the tenant governor. a consulting of firm that specializes in advanced technology for aerospace and oil gas. he and his wife have three children. >> great to be here. >> we welcome john lewis, a fourth-generation montanan. he was a magic city boy. most recently he served for senator max baucus. he supervised a staff of 20. he has in a degree of political

science. his achievements are helping veterans and cutting bureaucratic red tape following floods in montana. it is my pleasure to introduce you to our panel will be asking our candidate questions. we will, donna kelley on this end of our panel. she is from kbaz television. she wanted me to tell you she had several overtures to work for fox during those years. [laughter] she started her career many decades ago at a small television station. good to see you tonight.

tv. is from kpax she is a six-time montana broadcaster of the year. good to see you. next my co-anchor, janel slade a two-time montana broadcaster of the year. she spent a few years on the dark side in communications and public relations. we welcome her back a couple of years ago. that is all panel tonight. i get the first question. we have one hour. john lewis, we flipped coins. you get the first question. as we speak, congress has an 8% approval rating. the calling card of congress is partisan gridlock. this is a do-nothing congress on steroids. why do you want to join this esteemed group? what do you bring to the table to change this culture that has our country stuck on hold? >> thank you.

i want to thank montana news stations for hosting this debate. when i first got in this race i gave a speech, one of the earliest events i did, and i talk about my past experiences and things i learned while working on legislation while trying to help veterans. experiences i had fighting for montanans. someone said i respect your past experiences but i am interested in the future. ideas you have to get congress working for montana. how you are going to be part of the solution. we have run a campaign on montana ideas. we have released plans for accor -- agriculture. for energy, for public land. that is what i want to see congress do.

work on solutions to move montana forward. congress has a 9% approval rating. i read that cockroaches and root canals have a higher standing. i am a concerned father. i have two young kids. i'm concerned about their future. i want to see congress work together again on solutions. >> ryan? you still want this job? >> the 21st century will be the american century. we are going to have to earn it. there is a saying you have to win every single day. we have to relearn how to earn our liberty and have an economy where we have jobs and obtained the american dream. it is about the american dream and families. our nation struggles. no one trusts the government, congress, the administration. we have to restore trust and make sure our economy is prosperous and today's debate will highlight different contrast between candidates and

the choice will be clear. >> mr. lewis, any rebuttal? >> like i said i have focused this campaign on the future. ideas on the future. so far in the campaign i have heard very little about ideas. for the future from my opponent. i have heard about what he was doing in 1988. this race is not about what we were doing in 1988. i heard he loves america. we all love america. and montana. i look forward to hearing his ideas about how we are going to strengthen public lands in this country great if you want to see obama care, what is your plan for ensuring americans that don't have insurance in this country, including the 107,000 montanans? what is the plan? that is what i look forward to hearing tonight. >> let's talk about the debt. your plan about selling used

cars and abandoned buildings and cutting congressional pay is a joke. it is not even around. if we want to get serious about america restoring america we have to address the debt. i do support the ryan plan as a framework. i think balancing the budget in 10 years is attainable. there is a lot i don't agree with. we can do it without challenging and laminating medicare. -- eliminating medicare. we can do without cutting social security. i think we can do without cutting education. i do think we have to address the challenges not put our head in the sand. it has been too long that we have put our head in the sand. i think we can work together. democrats, republicans, independents, two car got a better future. -- to carve out a better future. everyone knows we are in trouble. are we going to ignore the problems? or are we going to address them? i will talk about addressing the issues.

let's get right to it. donna kelley. >>[inaudible question] with your military background, there has been a firestorm over leon panetta's book that came out a day ago. everybody's talking about a democratic congressman who was a former cia director in the obama administration, a former secretary of defense, and he is laying this squarely at the feet of the administration for not getting in those negotiations with the iraqi prime minister so we had to leave. i will get to that question with you. how long could we stay if malik he was not willing to let us stay there? >> a good question. i was reluctant to enter iraq.

my. or a navy diver. my son-in-law as a navy seal. reluctanto one more to go to war than me. if you go to war you make sure you go to war to win. you get rules of engagement so our troops will win. in iraq, leaving, we left without a sofa agreement, a status of forces agreement. that should not be overlooked. that allows our soldiers, they get prosecuted if they are allegedly conducted something wrong under our judicial system. without a status of forces agreement one of our soldiers could be prosecuted under islamic law. if a pilot errors he could be executed for murder rather than our law. control and status, look what is happening with isis today. we're going to fight isis. i would rather fight them in iraq than the streets of america. it is already here.

ask the girl from great falls. that is isis. -- [inaudible] there were multiple operations to stay. they would chose not to. they were multiple opportunities to check isis in the beginning and we chose not to preach this is what happens when you leave from the rear. if the united states does not lead no one else will. >> would you have supported the administration when they said, we are going to have to pull out? are we playing catch up in the game? fighting isis with airstrikes? trying to get back territory that we are ready spent blood and treasure on? >> the safety of americans is our number one priority. isis does not share our values. they have no regard for human

life. we need to learn from the mistakes of the last 12 years. when i hear i would rather fight a war in the deserts of iraq than here at home, i think that is a simplistic way of looking at the problem. they estimate there are one billion muslims in this world. they are not all in that region. one billion muslims. out of that they say 15% are islamic extremist. 15%, 150 million extremist. the idea that we can bomb our way out of this problem is not realistic to me. >> for both of you, airstrikes now to try and gain background? will there have to be boots on the ground? >> i support doing whatever we need to do to keep our americans safe. security is number one. security is our number one

priority. we need to be thoughtful about our approach. number one, congress needs to debate this issue and authorize force, to fill their responsibility. how much is it going to cost? what is the budget? i don't think the correct response is to instantly say we need to put troops on the ground. >> my opponent called for economic sanctions against isis. tell me how you economic sanctions against a non-nationstate. maybe we should write a letter? [laughter] the issue is isis is a danger. you have to have a read wrong approach read shut down our southern border. it is no longer an immigration issue. it is a security and immigration threat. a nation that can build the panama for now can build a fence on the 21st. unfortunately it is going to call for america to lead.

you cannot control isis by air alone. in the words of general conway , four-star, there is a snowball's chance in hell the air operations will work. to limit our ground forces to special forces, to supply and support, we make sure our coalition's that we choose our watched and trained. we limit our involvement, that make sure that isis is destroyed. >> a quick follow up. no one answered how we are paying for this. we have put two wars on the credit card. would you support a war tax to support perpetual war? >> two clearly different approaches to this situation. i am saying we need to be thoughtful and responsible. a letter is not going to get the job done. this is somebody who called for invading mexico a few weeks ago because we have an american in

jail in tijuana. [laughter] that is not the judgment i want representing me in congress. instant reaction to the president's announcement that we would have airstrikes was let's send in more troops. he said a couple of years ago that when the president announced women should serve in combat roles, he said that is nearly certain to cost lives. that is not the judgment we need in congress. it is a good question. how much is the point to cost? it needs to be debated in congress and authorize. >> had we pay for this? >> by having a strong economy. a navy costs money. bridges, schools. infrastructure. that costs money. paying for medicare, social security.

we need a robust economy. i know you didn't serve, but he is a marine languishing in a prison for six months. every man and woman, everybody that serves in this country is not sure the america has their back. when america doesn't have their back like benghazi or mexico, what happens is it sends a signal to every veteran fighting. america is not going to be there. i did not advocate invading mexico. i advocated the president doing his duty to get the marine back. [applause] >> the next question. >> talking about money. you criticized zinke for taking money out of state. john kessler got his money in the same vein.

is he also captive to out-of-state concerns? >> the reason i said 70% of the money i've raised is from montana, it is unusual. i am proud of that. very proud. i have worked very hard to raise and finance this campaign from montana. [applause] there is a huge difference between the way i have done and the way my opponent has done it. he has raised most money from california, texas, and florida. those three states combined half 116 were in congress. we have one representative. one representative. i said from the beginning we are going to run a montana campaign, antenna ideas. i have worked hard with that. including a contribution from all 56 counties. i'm very proud of that record. comparing it to the 2012 election is comparing apples and oranges. $50 million was spent in montana in the senate race alone.

that is disgusting to most. we are going to keep doing what we are doing, focusing on montana ideas and focusing on running a montana race financed by montanans. [applause] >> i'm not going to apologize for having a national stage. i'm not one to apologize for having coalitions between different congressmen carry the facts are this. i have 18,000 donors. most of them are small donors. 18,000 donors compared to 3 represents veterans and seniors. america is exceptional. do i like the fact that you to reach out of the state? no. max baucus had 90%. no one criticizes that. the fact of the matter is having a national platform means you can do national things.

you can reach and coalitions. we only have one congressman in the state of montana. you are going to need a big coalition, friendships, relationships. based on american exceptionalism. >> our next question goes to janel. >> i would like to address where montana voters see you on television and political ads. mr. zinke, you referenced your milestones in life versus john lewis and his age. your milestones as he is growing up. can you help us with the message that you are trying to get across in this ad? >> more leadership among less politics. i have spent my life leading. i have an mba. i have that education. a naval officer is more than just leading trips into combat.

it is looking at challenging problems and finding solutions that are real. i have sat down with warlords and agreed back-and-forth on solutions. i concert we sit down between democrats and republicans as i did in the senate to find real solutions. >> you bring up his age. you believe that because you are older you make a better leader? >> no. i bring a comparison to lives. it is a positive campaign. i've done a lot of things in my life. i have been more than a washington staffer. i have been more than in politics. i have been a business guy. i understand the private side. i have been an educator. i understand education curriculum. i know how to lead. i know how to solve problems. the problems in our country are large and daunting. but they are fixable.

we created them. we can fix them. >> john lewis? >> age is arbitrary. what you stand for is not. i cannot do anything about the fact that i was born in 1978. my experience is very relevant to what we're trying to do here. i have worked on legislation in d.c. helping veterans. i have worked on issues here in montana. i had been to all 56 counties helping seniors get social security. that experience is relevant. go back to what i said in the beginning. this election is about the future. what ideas you have for the future great not what you were doing in the 1980's and 1990's. [applause] >> a follow-up. let's talk about, can we agree

that john lewis did not write the affordable care act? [laughter] >> it was his job to make sure that values and interest were reflected in that bill. when montana businesses called, what were they told? don't grow your business past 50. don't employee more than 30 hours. that hurts business, that hurts every family. as the state director that is your responsibility. >> your ad says that he wrote it. that is not what you describe. >> on the typewriter. >> on the typewriter. [laughter] >> i don't think he wrote it all. >> you say you want to cut congressional pay?

can we just agree right now that no one is going to cut congressional pay? [laughter] it is when you take an act of congress to cut congressional pay. >> let me say something quickly about the health care ads. we have millions of uninsured americans in this country. what is the solution to ensure those americans? there are tens of thousands of montanans benefiting. there are some in the audience tonight, he is a part-time teacher and lost his insurance in january. he signed on the exchange for insurance today. he is paying half of what he paid before. there are thousands of montanans like that. [applause] if you want to repeal obamacare, what are you want to tell his family and his kids? he would lose that insurance.

>> we are not cutting congressional pay. >> congress has a 90% approval rating. -- 9% approval rating. they need to do their part. willis our deficit issues? no. if you cannot pass a budget you should get paid. congress hasn't passed a budget in 1000 days. this is about congress doing their part. >> there are 20,000 montanans who have lost insurance. 20,000. yes there are. let me say this. do we need affordable health care? absolutely. can we do it better? absolutely. one-size-fits-all isn't the solution. i understand there are good things about obama. we are going to see more and more people lose their insurance. what makes you think that if you couldn't afford insurance before that all of a sudden you

magically get a subsidy and you have a $9,000 deductible? what makes you think you can pay that deductible if you can't afford insurance in the beginning? you can't. there are a lot of ways to make sure we have affordable health care. tort reform, individual health care accounts, a number of things that make a difference to montana, which is an aging population. >> next question, we have one more question that we go to break. >> as long as we have brought up age. some of us are approaching social security. others, we have done for decades and decades. we have talked about it as the holy grail. for those of us getting close, and that is me raising my hand, the ball is moving down the field. 62, than 65, then 70. would you change it? can we keep it? can we make it better? >> i think we can keep our promises to social security. i sat down with the numbers.

social security is actually healthy for those who earned it. if you work all your life and that was a promise made, that portion of social security can be healthy. what has happened is you have a lot of new people that are draining it. congress has told them multiple times. how are we going to afford these things? we need a robust economy. how do you get that? you have to look at making sure that government goes back so american can innovate and think out-of-the-box again. the regulatory environment and burden on business and one year was $3.6 trillion. one year. and you look at that amount of overburden regulation that doesn't involve clean air and clean water, it is stifling innovation.

energy independence. i'm an optimist. if we focus on those things that we can keep the promises dream we can make sure we honor our veterans. they are expenses out there. $18 trillion, 10 years to balance the budget is reasonable. we can accelerate our economy to have a prosperous economy. we can fix it. i am positive we can. >> when this gets to zero that is 60 seconds. >> your bottle? +>> i didn't hear an answer about social security. if we do nothing today social security trust fund will be solvent until 2033.

we do need to do something and keep it solvent for many years. i support an idea endorsed by aarp, to raise the payroll tax cap. for people who make over $117,000, they need to continue to pay into that trust fund so we can keep it solvent. >> for how long? >> be more specific? >> if they're making over 100 grand. for how long? >> we should all do our part, absolutely. with the goal of making that trust fund solvent for many years beyond 2033. >> on the retirement age do you support raising the retirement age?

is that something he would look at? >> i do not at this time. people work their lives for these benefits. they need the assurance that it is going to be there for them when they retire. let's not keep moving the goalposts for retirees. i don't support that. >> i don't think it is necessary. i would not support it. the social security program itself, if you look at those who have earned it, and mostly montanans have earned it over their lives, it is solvent if you look at that. it should go back and make social security what it was. for those people who have earned it over time. it will be there. we have to make sure we keep our promises. i'm the guy trying to save it. i'm trying to make sure we are financing and, save social security so the check clears. >> we are halfway through the bakery we will invite you back and take a one minute break.

>> we welcome you back here where we are listening to the u.s. house debate between republican ryan zinke and democrat john lewis. and when the throw questions of personality. i want to give you guys an opportunity to tell us about yourselves. what inspires you? what is your greatest accomplishment so far? get behind the facade and tell us about ryan zinke. >> i love to fly fish. my greatest compliment is marrying up. i love my kids and my grandkids. i am proud of my daughter, who i told two things pre-don't join

the navy and don't marry a navy seal. she did both. my sons are doing well. i care about working families in montana. i'm a blue-collar kid. what matters to me as making sure our kids have the same legacy and opportunities that i had. i had a wonderful childhood. i want to make sure our kids and your kids have the same experience. >> maybe you can put those skills to work in washington. [laughter] >> my family inspires me as well. after you get on the campaign trail you go back and do the real job. we have an eight-year-old and a six-year-old. we coached two games of soccer. my wife is the head coach. i am the assistant. my daughter is eight years old. soccer is getting to that

serious level. serious harris. i looked over at the game a week ago and people were tailgating. [laughter] soccer is serious. i want them to have what i had growing up in montana. it is what we have, a a way of life. i worry about the future. crisis to crisis. i am a solution oriented person. that is what i want to do in congress. >> back to the issues. >> we are going to go back to obamacare. a question from a business owner, he says in 25 years as a business owner he paid a lot of medical insurance. he didn't get any payback rate this is the first year he has had it. he says it is the first reliable

health insurance is working life. he is worried about your campaign ad to eliminate that. specifically to reassure him, that is what he needs to survive and function. >> he is one of the few. i agree that it does work for some. i use the term abandonment. when a ship is sinking, and i think it is sinking, when a naval officer abandons a ship he doesn't jump into the ocean. you go to a safer more stable vessel. there are a lot of ways to make sure montana is represented. tort reform is one of them. business pulls. individual health reforms pretax deductions. what we want is quality health care. we want access and affordability. i think one size does not fit all. montana is an aging population. what makes sense sometimes in

washington dc or washington doesn't make sense in montana. it will continue to hurt. part of the obamacare package hasn't even been implemented yet. wait until the whole thing. i am concerned. i think the challenge to congress is to quickly come up with a better solution articulated, and make sure montana is represented. >> when i hear abandoned ship, it is jump ship. there is no plan to get people to sure. we had 50 votes in the u.s. house to repeal the affordable care act. to go to what? come back to millions of uninsured. we have yet to hear a plan of what we are going to do about that. many of those folks get health care. you can go down to emergency rooms and get the care that you

need. that costs are spread around to everyone else. well, the answer is ensuring more americans, insuring millions of americans. every industrialized country in this world has ask themselves the question, is health care a right? every single one of them has answered in the affirmative except the united states. we need to continue to improve the health care system. [applause] not jump ship when there is no plan to insure more americans. >> could you both point two what you think is not going right? >> what on the business side, a consequence intended by design, when you penalize a business for going over 50 people and growing your business over 50 people, when you penalize employment over 30 hours, montana, you need 40 hours and benefits. when you have a system that penalizes over 30 hours, penalizes medical innovation, you look at what has happened.

what has happened to families. when you can't get a 40 hour job because you are penalized for it that means you are one to have to-three part-time jobs. when you have part-time jobs, one is going to be just for making the payments for insurance. what happens when you have erratic hours? who is at home? it is affecting working families and businesses in montana. can we do it better? yes. should we work together? absolutely. [applause] >> i will tell you what is affecting working families prayed not having insurance. the scare tactic that businesses

are going to pay the huge price isn't true. i read an op-ed the other day, competition in the insurance marketplace. three companies offering insurance through the exchange. blue cross, pacific source, and the montana co-op providing competition amongst each other. companies that have over 100 employees, they currently may have approved plan through blue cross blue shield. rates are going through the roof. here are their options for you get a new group plan through one of those other companies, or sending people in the insurance market where the company is going to pay less. states that don't have competition like wyoming, one insurance company, the highest insurance rates in the country. businesses in the long run are

going to benefit from ensuring more americans. >> are there some areas where we could tweak it? he is saying there are areas that maybe we could do better here. are there a couple of places? >> absolutely greeted did the law fix our health care system? absolutely not. we need flexibility in the system. innovation. we have one of the co-ops. 22 states have a co-op. let's do more of that provide competition in the 22 states that have the co-op. individuals are paying 8% less for insurance rates in those 22 states. i hear from small businesses, there is too much paperwork. let's reduce the paperwork to make it less complicated. this is a long-term problem. we are not going to solve it overnight. we need to keep doing things to make the law flexible and fix things that aren't working. >> what about the woman on this

panel who has a pre-existing condition. what about that? would you do anything with that? to cover folks who have a pre-existing condition? >> i agree on pre-existing conditions. there are a lot of people who have pre-existing conditions that could leave a job because if they did they could get insurance on the next. i agree. that is a big part. what happens when obamacare in a few years when 14% get a raise in home health care? what happens when medicare payments are reduced? what happens to our urgent care facilities we don't happy premium on medicare? there are issues in montana that don't fit a model of a large urban state. montana is rural. the power base of this country is on the west and east coast. what about montana and wyoming?

south and north dakota? we are rural. we have to protect our interest rate we can do a better grade there wasn't one republican vote on obamacare. it was done at night. nancy pelosi was right. we don't know what is in it until we vote on it. we passed it. that is not right. we can do better. i don't view life through a red lens or a blue lens. i view it through a red white and blue lens. i think we can [applause] >> there were no solutions there about health care. [applause] i did hear one idea about solving the health care crisis in this country. i am someone who is solution oriented, focused on that if i'm fortunate enough to serve. >> let's move onto another issue. >> let's talk energy. are you in favor of developing

proposed export terminals in the state of washington to deliver montana and wyoming coal overseas? >> it is a complicated situation. for one, montanans deserve and need markets to send products where there it is coal, whether it is a product, whatever it is. we have congestion on route rose. the question we have to ask is, do we want washington to come in and solve this for us? do we need to figure out a solution between our states? i don't think it is fair that one stick and tell us that we can't sell through that state. we have commodities coming from the west coast that travels through montana. what if we said that can't come

through montana anymore? it is a complicated question. we need a solution. i think it needs to come from montana and washington states so we can get products brought. >> i don't think it is complicated at all. we need them. any energy plan, your did not have oil and gas. if you do not have an plan that supports oil and gas in montana it isn't an energy plan for montana. we can do it better. our guest plan in this country is enormous. each coal train is $300,000 of revenue to montana. 24% of the tax goes to k12. if we want new schools in montana, which we should have, roads, highways, infrastructure, how are we going to do it? we have to use our energy resources wisely, which we can. we don't have to take north dakota as a model of excellence. we can do it better. we need to develop our resources wisely and develop them now. we can be energy independent in

five years. >> the rail lines are already crazy busy for lack of a better term. we are pushing through oil and coal and pushing wheat off of our rail lines. with these export terminals increasing the coal heading to the west coast, how are we going to handle it? what are you going to tell communities? >> i did talk to matt rose. it is an issue that we need to build pipelines. the keystone pipeline is one of many. my opponent in the last debate talked about trucking. we are not going to try oil.

we need pipelines. whether you sit on the left or right of global warming, three and a half million barrels is flared every day. it is wrong to waste it. we need infrastructures to export montana commodities and shore up our transportation system with a railroad to make sure that the factory in sydney has trains going out. are we and commodities, we need to make sure we have the rail system to provide products. >> it is not true that oil and gas is not my energy plan. i called for investing in all forms of energy that we have an abundance of. i heard him say whatever you say

on global warming. that is accurate of what his position is. there is somebody that was endorsed by the ontario conservation voters running for the legislature, sent a letter to president obama calling on him to do something about climate change, and now all of a sudden is a denier. we shouldn't invest in renewable energy. which is it? let's have consistency on this issue. i am calling for investing in the long-term future. not just traditional coal, oil, and gas. those support thousands of jobs. let's invest in the long-term future. i would like to see my opponent share those positions that he once had, but today he does not. [applause] >> on the subject of global

warming, do you believe it is a human caused event? >> there was an article recently that everyone should read. it was by a former obama administrator. it had three points. his climate changing? yes. is man and influence? yes. what is the influence? that is not what science is settled on. the last 16 years there is no model that shows doom and gloom. temperatures have not been rising significantly. it is not a hoax. but it is not proven science. you don't dismantle america's power and energy on a maybe. we need to be energy independent first. we need to do it better. it is not a settled science. for the president to say that hurricane sandy was a result of

climate change is simply a false claim. [applause] >> again, signed a letter to president obama asking for him to do something about climate change. a few years later, saying a volcanic explosion to add greenhouse gases in the world than any man-made cause. i read an article a few months ago that now it wasn't any man cause things, and it is the rising of the ocean levels and the warming of the temperature that is causing global warming. he said that. i want to see consistency on this issue. above all, we need people in congress are solution oriented, and want to be a part of the solution. the debate is not going away. when you put your head in the sand and say it is not true that is not helpful. you can ask whole companies for

is not helpful to the debate. likes i have a question for both candidates. student loans. i watched news last night. united states is making billions off of student loans. it is obscene. would you support reducing the interest rate on these loans? or back legislation to have them renegotiated? >> absolutely. i would support being able to refinance those student loans. it is replaced credit card debt as the highest amount of debt and young people starting out in the world. the average montana and starts out with $27,000 in debt. we need to start with that. we need to more pell grants pretty we need students to refinance student loans. in the ryan budget it cuts pell grants.

half of the students receive pell grants. i heard criticism about my debt plan. it is not just about selling used cars. but he supports the ryan budget that says certain things in there he doesn't like, like privatizing medicare and selling off public lands. that is a rounding error. if you're not in favor of that, how does the ryan budget work? [applause] >> it is not the ryan zinke budget. i do support balancing the budget in 10 years. i set as a chairman on the montana senate education committee for a reason. the link between education and a good job. education is an investment, not an expense. if the government is making money on our backs of our

students trying to better themselves, it is wrong. we should prosecute those for doing it. i also have incentives through grants. our skills we need in america. they are not being filled. everyone complains about jobs going overseas because there are engineers overseas. how about training engineers here? so we don't have to look overseas for software development. if we need to demand skill in america, make those funds available for students to fill those high demand jobs. there doesn't have to be a four year degree.

there are welding jobs in montana. three dollars an hour. show up on time. >> of the government is making money on these loans, the wall street journal, $60 billion since 2006. >> probably the only thing they're making money on. [applause] [laughter] >> that welding job his high and that. a personality question. if you win, who will you thank? >> i'm going to thank my family and my wife. my wife has been through a lot. when she was a service spouse, my daughter and myself and my son-in-law were deployed together. that takes an enormous amount of sacrifice. if we lose, i'm going to blame john lewis. [laughter] >> if we win on one thing my

family, my wife and my kids. it is a huge sacrifice to do this and run for public office. my wife has been there for me through thick and thin. i can't thank her enough. i'm going to thank the people of montana who have funded this campaign. the vast majority of the money i raised is from montana. i believe in what we're trying to do here. if i come up short, that is tough. i know we will give it everything we've got. maybe try harder next time. >> with that our our is mostly up. we have you scheduled for a closing statement. we did flip a coin. john lewis decided you get to go first. >> i want to thank you, and i want to thank you ryan for doing this again. and our panelists. tonight, throughout this election, we have seen a clearer choice in this race.

it approaches we would take in congress. if you want a show horse, he is your guy. if you want a workhorse, i'm your guy. [applause] i promise that i'm fortunate enough to serve i will work as hard as i can on montana issues, remembering who we serve. this comes back to the best vision for montana. we need somebody that is going to be a champion for protecting public lands and furthering access. let's be proactive. let's get better access. somebody will be a champion for medicare and social security, not support proposals that would privatize them and take away benefits from seniors.

if you were a woman making it difficult health care decision, we need people who think we should let women make those decisions. [applause] senator zinke is proud of his service. i think we all him a debt of gratitude. we do not owe him our vote. i respectfully ask for your vote. i thank you for the opportunity. thank you. [applause] >> i am an optimist. i think the problems facing our country can and will be fixed. i think the 21st century will be an american century, but we have to earn it and work together. this is not about republicans or democrats.

it is about americans. i have always viewed life about being an american first. then i montanan, then a republican. i tried to persuade you that maybe the republican side is better. it is not always better. my voting record was clear great i voted on the merits of the bill and not who sponsored it. i will do the same in washington dc. i don't yield to pressure. i have been wrong, as we all have. that is part of the leadership, that corrects your course if you are wrong, get better fast, and learn from your mistakes. our president, you may like or not, but he is our president. today or yesterday, he made a couple of remarks that are interesting. he said while i am not running

for office, make no mistake, my policies are on the ballot. every one of them. what that means is this election is about whether you think the policies of barack hussein obama are correct. i don't believe they are correct. i will stand on a better vision, and i will stand on a better legacy giving to my children of freedom, liberty, and making sure we earn it. a vote for my opponent is a vote for the policies of this president. if you agree with them, great. if you don't, i'm going to ask for your vote. thank you, god bless america, god bless all those who defend her. did not. [applause]

>> today on the campaign 2014 trail we will hear from former president bill clinton. he is in arkansas campaigning for mark pryor, running for a third term. the political reports are calling the race a tossup and we will have live coverage from his comments here on c-span. live coverage from north carolina, the use -- the u.s. house race. here is a look at some of the adder that some of the ads voters are seeing in this race. clay aiken. you may be wondering why i am running for congress. fearther worked nights in at the brick store pick that life led me to become a special ed teacher. now my foundation helps children with special needs. i am running for congress and i will approve this s -- approve this message.

>> i was concerned about the past that president oh -- the path president obama has our country on. not knowing what is coming, not knowing what taxes are going to go up. they need to be given some certainty. so they can be creating jobs. wes is what we need to do so can turn this economy around for our children. i approve this message. says elmersuttakes has a lead after a september poll. >> polls say elmers has a lead after the september poll. talks about ways to increase data protection with alternatives to basic security. the government is not looking

to endorse any particular solution but describe what the solutions should look like. it has to be interoperable. so just looking at what we have, we have some that are looking at smartphone-based apps, which will basically be used to sites. fingerprints, face, voice recognition. everyone of these isn't currently the solution for the solution for everybody to put these kinds of things we're testing out. tonight at 8:00 eastern. >> the supreme court today cleared away for an immediate expansion of marriage rights by turning away appeals from five and -- my faith looking

to make same-sex marriage. appeals court in richmond virginia says it is ruling for -- it's ruling authorizing same-sex marriages takes place this afternoon. we spoke with two lawyers this morning on the washington journal. >> as the roberts court begins its 10th court -- 10th term today, justice roberts has been in there for nine years. that compares to 19 years for chief justice rehnquist, 17 years for warren burger, and 16 years for earl warren. that is on the front page graphics. a question from twitter -- guest: one reason why sometimes you get these quirks, which some

people might characterize that you have the warren court as the more liberal court, compared to the more conservative current court, it is a nine-member court. a decision has to be made one way or the other. often you will have a majority of justices that tend view the law one way. while that composition is intact, the position does tend to come out in a particular direction viewed from that metric. a lot of the deals with the composition is right now. which dealingt in issuesme of the social of our time, we can look at the defense of marriage act case and now the gay marriage act, we have a 5-4 court. we have no way -- we don't know which way that will go. from the ap this morning, supreme court rejects a marriage

deals from indiana, utah, oklahoma, virginia, and wisconsin. other other cases besides the ones that are mentioned? host: which states? oklahoma,iana, utah, virginia, and wisconsin. the story,lso has u.s. supreme court refuses to rule on gay marriage issues. are there still more fights? statesi think those compose of the ones that are in front of the court right now. there are cases out of texas, cases in the fixed circuit. various courts of appeal. has a case inuit which argument has already been heard. people have been thinking the court actually wants to wait for that court to make a decision because there were some

the oral argument that .t would be a divided opinion that court is thinking perhaps it would provide a vehicle with different views. the court did deny all of the pending petitions. it will be plenty of opportunities both this term and after for the court to take up the issue. >> why not allow these cases to wait a little bit longer? >> it is surprising in the sense that i personally felt court, while it may hold those petitions and wait to see how the lower court is, it is not shocking by any means because the court knows there are other cases coming up for you and the court may want to wait a little bit and have these views articulated a little more and see what the other side is once

these decisions come out the other way and see what perspective the other judge may have. i do not think it is shocking by many -- by any means. the court would benefit from more time on this issue. some tweets on this case from the members of congress. carolyn maloney rights -- we are going to take it -- take

a look at efforts by the nra and races across the country from today's washington journal. >> as we take a look at the issue and the campaign around the country we are joined by chris cox, chairman of the national rifle association's political victory fund. how much money does the n.r.a. plan to spend on congressional races and how many will you be involved in? guest: we will be involved in thousands of races around the country. as for the overall budget, we have roughly 5 million members who support our efforts and will spend as much as they are willing to send us. that is still to be determined. my guess is around $15 or $20 million. host: how do you pick the races you will play in? guest: there is a lot of focus on the senate. that is getting a lot of national attention. gun owners across the country

are concerned with the direction the country is going in. they are concerned what the president will do over the last two years of his term, and very interested in making sure the senate is not a rubber stamp for anti-gun supreme court justices, federal judges, u.n. treaties, there are a lot of issues around those. we are engaged in races down to the milwaukee county sheriff's race primary we were involved in not long ago. host: the last proposal did not make it out of the democratically controlled senate. how much of a threat is there of new gun control proposals coming out of congress? guest: we are always concerned because there's always a threat and effort. when we are winning in congress, the gun-control groups tend to go to the state legislatures. when we win the state legislatures, they tend to abuse the state court system. we watch it closely and take it seriously. host: are there larger battles coming from the bottom up as opposed to the top-down?

guest: a lot of the battles are coming from this white house, from a billionaire from new york, michael bloomberg. the average american sports this freedom across the country. we are dealing with a billionaire who has committed significant resources to try to impose his agenda on the american people. our job is to educate the american people on what that agenda is about and turn people out of the polls, which is something we do effectively. host: michael bloomberg is spending $15 million this cycle to support gun-control efforts. how controlled are you about bloomberg and spending money this cycle? guest: the guy is worth around $40 billion so we take that seriously. michael bloomberg has money but what he does not have as the hearts and minds of the american people who support this freedom.

if michael bloomberg wants to have a debate of ideas, we will engage him. we would love to have him come out and talk about what he is interested in doing, not just telling you what to eat and drink but also telling you you cannot have a gun to defend yourself all he is surrounded by armed security. americans do not like hypocrites. we want to make sure americans know about michael bloomberg. host: chris cox here to answer your questions ahead of the midterm elections. phone numbers are on the screen. you can always send us e-mail or a tweet with a question. sticking on this election cycle and political debate, the sandy hook shooting happened weeks after the 2012 election. how did that tragedy change the political debate around them control in this country? guest: you saw a lot of efforts

to exploit what was one of the worst tragedies in american history. n.r.a. members across this country and law-abiding gun owners want to live in safe communities. we want to address the underlying problems. there was an opportunity to do something meaningful with regards to armed security and bad deficiencies in our mental health system. unfortunately, we saw a political sales job and effort from this president and his supporters to propose an agenda that would not have prevented the underlying tragedy. the national rifle association offered then and now to work with any elected official who wants to work in good faith to address these underlying problems.

that is something we will continue to try to do. certainly, it changed the exploitation because it took it to a higher level. host: the column today notes a recent a.p. poll noting 63% of americans are not confident the u.s. government can effectively minimize the threat to americans from mass shootings. guest: the government needs to respect the rights of honest people to be able to defend themselves anywhere they have a legal right to be. there are things that can and should be done. we have a borderline mental health crisis in this country. we need to do something about do civil commitment proceedings. we need to address underlying him problems of security in our schools and across this country. one thing they can do is respect the right of law-abiding people to take care of themselves. host: there is an effort in

california that is the topic of an editorial today in the "new york times" noting the change in the california law would for the first time in the nation allow family members in court to see the guns of a family member they fear is on the verge of harming himself or others. it notes that law can help families prevent suicides. how does the n.r.a. feel about that? guest: california is great at passing them control and terrible at anything else. they failed to address the ongoing problems of mental health issues. we had a high-profile shooting in california where you have some of the most strict gun-control laws ever imposed. they have background checks. the shooter past three times. he registered three times. he went through waiting periods three times, but they failed to address the underlying problems this young man and others across the state have.

those are mental health problems. they get an a+ on gun control. they get an f on mental health issues. host: daniel is on the line for democrats. caller: thank you very much. pleased to have the opportunity to speak to mr. christopher cox. i want to salute the national rifle association for the simple fact they are adamant defenders of the second amendment. i tell you one thing, without the second amendment america may as well become nazi germany, iraq, syria, or whatever. it is incumbent upon the population at large to enjoy the freedom of gun ownership and firearms. that is the extent of my contribution to your program. host: mr. cox, did you want to respond?

guest: thank you for your support of the second amendment. that is what this is about. join together to say to the government to respect this freedom and treat it as a fundamental freedom, that is what the national rifle association does probably every day. i appreciate your support for what we do. host: ashley from orlando on the line for independents. caller: thank you. thank you for the passion with which you speak. i keep my guns on me. i am a 26-year-old female. i keep them not to hunt animals but to defend myself in case a person does come into my home or instances like that. i have found third party candidates are often more pro-liberty than the main two parties. if the n.r.a. got the hind groups like the libertarian

party, i think liberty could begin to flourish. i would like to know how much money the n.r.a. spends on funding third-party candidates and do you have an example of a third-party candidate you are actively funding? thank you very much. guest: she asked a couple of questions so i will address both. with regards to self-defense, the second amendment does not have anything to do with duckhunting. it has everything to do with your god-given right to defend yourself and your family. i appreciate that acknowledgment. with regard to third-party candidates, as far as the overall libertarian party, there is no question our freedom loving libertarian brothers and sisters support the second amendment and all our constitutional freedoms. we send out thousands of candidate questionnaires across the country. we do at times support libertarian candidates.

usually it is the race between a republican and democrat, so that is where the majority of resources are spent. but we are supportive and appreciative of recognizing the overall support libertarian candidates provide for our policies. we appreciate it and will continue to work with libertarian tenets where they are competitive and have an opportunity to win. host: the majority of your money going to support republican candidates. are there democrats you are supporting? guest: absolutely. we look at a number of factors making investment decisions. we look at voting records, candidate questionnaires we send out to candidates, statements made to the press or in debates. one thing we don't factor into political consideration his party affiliation. whether democrat, republican, or independent, we don't care.

we care about where you stand on the issue. we were involved in the democratic primary for sheriff's race in milwaukee against michael bloomberg who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars against a pro-second amendment sheriff, happened to be a democrat. national rifle association supported him and we are proud he beat michael bloomberg's candidate. host: good morning, janet. caller: i live in bowie, texas. i believe in the second amendment. i do believe we need guns to protect ourselves. the edge of mexico, we have people sneaking over all the time. thank god i don't live that far down. we need them for protection. we also need them for hunting. i do believe in hunting, but i believe if you kill anything, you need to eat it. you don't does kill for pleasure like a lot of millionaires do.

i support the n.r.a. completely. host: jeanette calling in from texas. vivian has a question on our twitter page. it talks about upwards of $20 million already being spent and no estimate yet on how much you will spend for the midterm elections. how much money does the n.r.a. get from gun manufacturers? guest: our average contribution is about $25. when you talk about millions, michael bloomberg is writing eight-figure checks, average americans are writing $20 checks. that is where our average contribution comes from. the firearms industry supports a lot of programs, shooting competitions, primarily advertising in our publications. but our average contributor is an average american like some of your callers today who support us and send us $5 or $10 to spend in critical elections.

host: bill is calling on our line for independents. good morning. caller: i would like for the n.r.a. to discuss other parts of the second amendment, specifically shall not be infringed. i have a grandson that lives in another state and i want to give him a gun. it would cost well over $500 to transfer the $75 gun with no way of knowing if it would meet the requirements or not. host: bill, stop hitting the numbers on your phone. i think that we got your question. guest: thanks for your call. i share your frustration of the laws of the book that make no sense. a lot of the war before the background system check for online. a lot of them unfairly make it

harder for law-abiding people to exercise their fundamental rights and do nothing to focus on criminal elements causing the problem. i can assure you the national rifle association works everyday to address these problems. we appreciate your support. host: let's go next to bill in leesburg, georgia, on our line for republicans. caller: i want to say i am surprised c-span is having the segment. i want to see mr. bloomberg throttled. i would like for the n.r.a. to push a national concealed weapons permit system instead of a state-by-state because all states don't honor that permit weapon, which i have one and i carry my gun religiously when i'm traveling for protection. i am a hunter, and i do support the second amendment rights to its fullest. thank you. guest: appreciate your question with regards to the national

right to carry. we have led the effort to expand right to carry across this country. you are right. a lot of states don't respect it and recognize it the way they should. the best way to address that is through a national reciprocity arrangement. the majority of the senate has supported that, the majority of congress. if we can get a pro-gun president in november of 2016, we have a good chance of doing that. host: we have about 25 minutes left with chris cox. is it true there are fewer than restrictions now than when president obama was elected? guest: it has nothing to do with president obama, tina. the united states congress has addressed some of these misgivings through appropriations bills, but none of this has been initiated by the president.

the president has worked tirelessly through supreme court appointments and the blame game. any protections expanded in this administration have nothing to do with this president. he has been clear in his opposition to the second amendment, and we have been clear in our support. host: north carolina's next, jerry is on our line for independents. caller: good morning. i would like to see the n.r.a. get behind this young lady from philadelphia who got caught going to new jersey with a legally registered handgun in her purse. she made a mistake. she went to one of the states where they don't allow you to carry your gun. the n.r.a. needs to get behind her and see if they can do something to help her out. she is facing 11 years in prison for not breaking the law. she did not do anything wrong and she needs some help.

that comes back to the deal about carrying your legally concealed carry permit across state lines. i live in north carolina. i have got family in new york. when i travel up there, i want to take my gun but i can't because when i get to new york what am i supposed to do with my handgun? throw it out the window? host: is this a case you are familiar with? guest: it is. a woman who had the right to carry drove into new jersey, was pulled over for a lane violation. she told the officer she had her concealed weapon with her and was thrown in jail and faced years in prison. the national rifle association provided legal representation. that case has been resolved somewhat favorably. but you are right. it points to the outrageous nature of these restrictions that focus on law-abiding people

and do nothing to address the criminal element. >> diane is up next on our line for democrats. >> good morning. i would like is talking e nra about rights. i would like to know how these criminals get these weapons. man from tennessee came down here and was selling guns.

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>> good afternoon. i am patrick henry hayes and i to be your next senate district congressman. >> let me first of all say that it is great to be here. four weeks from tomorrow is judgment day and we know what are going dgment we here on followed us up this stage. so thank you for being here and helping that

come. good for democrats. let's go. two days my - grandson will turn 6. in one week my granddaughter will turn 10. my granddaughter savannah turns 12 on july 25. now president, i think it was became a go that you grandfather, right? september 26 at 7.03, charlotte came into this world. talk about my grandson, years, no another 84 86 years, then he might well

see the next century. it is possible. charlotte will also until the next century. so here for that here for n, i'm up generation. we have got to make changes in washington. you what the republicans did, they shut down for 16 days. now that nice of them?we that was that happen. travesty. that was wrong. the government is supposed to work for you and that is what we did years in little rock.

which not shut down just because we disagreed but found to make things happen. and that is one of the things i am proudest of the 24 years i mayor of little rock. people said, you made things happen. system, dickey stephens ballpark, are the made people's lives worth living. we want to do that for the other districts in places s and four other in this country. and with your energy and your blessing we are to make that happen. i want to come join these democratic candidates who care. they care about you, they care about the future of this country. to let me just say to make are up here things happen. we are up here to go to washington and make sure that we find ways to make

the lives of our children and grandchildren better and by to do it e going to sit it cannot intend still and take no for an we're going to to find a way to make washington functional again. i am as proud as i've ever been to get on the with my fellow democrats. bill clinton, god bless you and all of what you do for the world. let's go get them now and until november 4. thank you very much. >> patrick henry hayes! now city of conway, next governor mike ross. >> hello conway. how about those bears?

my name is mike ross and i am proud to be the democratic nominee for governor of the great state of arkansas. mr. pres., welcome home. am running for governor to help the middle class. i want lower and fair taxes, more and better jobs. with education need to start earlier and finish stronger. i have a game plan for you. parents, get into a pre-k program, regardless of your income and regardless of your zip code. congress i cut student financial aid rates in half. and for those not use college

career renewed focus on paths so that kids can get certification and a good paying our that will help provide with an educated workforce. lower and fair mom working two is s to pull in income paying the same income tax-free making a lot more. as governor we are going to fix this and they're going to do so a fiscally responsible manner. and women in arkansas should get equal pay for equal work. we have a plan to address that as well as a plan to protect survivors of domestic violence, and protect them. is not about me.

it is not about any of us up it e. it is about all of us. is about arkansas. it's about the future direction of the -- are we y are going going to build on what president clinton did for us, turn the going to clock back? calendars, get on -- get on email, world xt everyone in the that lives in arkansas, and tell them to get vote. november 3 is the day. elections do have consequences. all these races

working close. we are night and day. us. re asking you to join if you help us november 4, i d will personally thank you. god bless. of the next governor arkansas, mike ross. welcome sen. mark pryor. >> thank you. thank you arkansas. it is so great to be here. i love being you very ampus. thank much president. there is one other governor here we need to david ize who is gov. pryor over there, give him a hand. these three former governors

know and that is mike ross is going to make a great governor. you know the election is four weeks from tomorrow, and we a lot at stake. now let me tell you, i did not come here talk about my opponent, but let me take your opportunity to do so. since you're on a college saying i can't resist that my opponent voted for huge the pell grant program. he voted to cut, or double the rate on the rate for student loans. he went to harvard. not get into this university, what can i say.

his know how he paid for education?stafford student to ns. and now he wants eliminate those loans. now that's called climbing the -- pulling it out behind you. you know women in arkansas only $.77 on the dollar, i am prepared to change that. opponent is the only arkansan in washington who voted to change the age of medicare and social security to age 70. now let me tell you something. on your side. that 's a sign on my desk

says it all. i put it there the i was sworn in. it says, arkansas comes first. now let me tell you what i mean. he has his billionaires but you know what i have, i have you. i have the people of the state we win this how race. we win this race one day days, ime. we have 30 every ly 28 days, and single day counts. we've got to doors, there, knock on make phone calls. today's the of early registration. listen, this is crunch time. the day for all of us to kick here and get those if i ats out to vote.

were on the senate floor right now i would ask for what they call a point of personal privilege. now, can i get a selfie? let's do it. we're going to do it. right there. we got it. thank you. >> i did not know what we were

coming here for today. i crowd was gathered because you just found out i gave a half million dollars to -- you lege and he wanted to thank me. i did not give them anything. it was your money. it was tax payer money and i do not know how we can spend taxpayer dollars for anything any better jobs and greater education. if we get those rightly get everything me to talk h leads about, and i going to steal i mentioned if something that you talked about? those that don't know the president probably don't realize that he gets by on of sleep a hours night, i think. and he loves to you at all hours. and he

can't stand to be alone so he gets bored he just starts calling people. night i was watching a football game or something on tv and my cell phone rang and it was the president. i guess he had ran of people to call. he said i'm going to polls in arkansas going through stats, and one of the things that stands out is that people view and mark pryor as individuals who can work with regardless of political party, and can bring together and solve problems. that is what we ought to be talking about, who they with your opponents are, and how they can work together. >> i was not going to do this,

going to decided i am do it. is a smart guy. he's a good guy. he has worked me and helped me, and he worked with the last session on several issues. so imagine my disappointment one for pure political purposes during the came lican primary seed he the knowing better against private option, which spent our dollars in arkansas. just me out against that for political votes. that's enough reason right there to stand behind us rather than takes cheap political shots. if there is anybody in

the ington who decries overt partisanship and inability to get anything done do oss party lines and to away with gridlock, there's a human being up there who willingness to and get stuff done, it is the senior sen. from arkansas mark pryor. we need more mark pryor and less of that other stuff. i did not know if that is a dog behind me or what is. whatever sounds like a he democrat. president says he is a yellow dog. i have known it mark ross and the senate him in and he did precisely in the

did in s what mark prior the senate. he wants to know move the country forward, rather than focus on differences which so that nothing happens. if you want somebody who can take a divided of democrats and republicans, and put arkansas first and make arkansas move forward, mike ross is the man. ross is going to the next for that very reason. he works with all kinds of people. not going to to presume that every human being in this is registered to vote. i'm going to assume that most registered to vote but, i don't want to embarrass a ybody not going to ask for show of hands, this is the last day to go register. anybody in his audience was not currently registered please go do it. are

here as tering anybody we speak? there's something with a clipboard out there in the back. not e they are. if you are registered to vote, and i don't want to have you registered in washington dc last week, i only you registered in one place. if you have not registered please do so. every big turnout by smart, educated, hard-working college students makes all the difference in the world. you ca -- uca needs the to lead the way in that regard. now i need tointroduce -- ebody who really based on

needs no introduction. ladies 42nd gov. of , the arkansas, bill clinton. very much. thank you. hello uca. saw hendricks sign back there, thank you. to thank the entire staff for having us here. other to thank the candidates, steve mckee, a longtime friend. another friend, a graduate of the clinton school public land ce. candidate for

commissioner, mark robinson. i appreciate your support. i'm for pat hayes, ross, for mark pryor. was a hilarious headline website called "real clear politics" saying that clinton to the briar patch, arkansas, his obsession. but somebody said, he goes back there all the time. some family members

recently. i'm about to go back my 50th high school reunion. i hate that, but there it is. i love my native state. without you, i would never have had the chance to do anything. i did back to the briar the h, i came back to future of america, because that is what this is. i want g day i to say is, that these polls are all over the place. here is a little secret about polls. they on all correct. it depends

poll. was the percentage of people by age who are going to vote? here with clipboards going e we are here and to other campuses. historically and other years there's been a big drop-off in the youth vote. the opponents of these candidates are betting there will be this year. and i'm betting there will not be. it's up to you. nobody has a this than you n do. so i want to urge you to register and i want to urge you to tell you i want there's a of all, highest hy mark has the

governor rate of any in the state. he believes he can work with -- it is is what is of in our dna here. i was right to think i was not all the time, not that it was my way or the highway. shared future, shared requires y, and that shared decision-making. you know my foundation works all over the world now. where the ebola

outbreak occurred, the government said please stay and help us organize a response. my family is little prayer people not be the tide and that turns. everywhere in america and everywhere in the world people are working together. everywhere people fight all the constant think conflict and division and my is the best ighway thing, good things are not you have a choice. mike bevee is popular because arkansas has the highest rate of uninsured people in the we rank number 1. people say, we really do not that health care law, but

thousands of families have insurance because of it. you know we have a good model here. just below us is louisiana. or the opted the my way highway approach, and what happened? we ranked first in the country who he percentage of people got health insurance, and we are near the bottom. guess what. you are under 26 and on

parents policies, and to nsured, somebody else has pay the bill. what happened in of neighboring state louisiana? blue cross asked for a rate increase. the right thing here and worked with republicans and independents putting concerned with people's health first. the same is true in education. to know what the national high education rate is? 81% in louisiana it is 84%. to know why the student loan issues are so important? we're still not above the

people who erage of college and get degrees. -- y adults could not sure finish their degrees for economic reasons. so we have a big opportunity here. i was tell you because president during eight of the which mike bevee was mayor, he became one of the most highly regarded figures not just in arkansas but in the united states. increase the scope of have ities in all the ways been talking about. he treated everybody right. he did not wake up in the morning

to make who do i want mad today? after this election they will go off and worry about something else and you will be get with the people that elected. i have known since he was a teenager when he drove me around in the governor's race years ago. he probably wishes he were still a teenager. he had something even th then. unusual opportunity in the governor's race and four race because all candidates have served in angress and they have all got record. ike ross and mark pryor have proven that they will work with anybody to get something done