several years. and we have had several collaborative task forces. it is something i think we can all agree on that bullying is bad and we need to stop it. the challenge i think is how to legislate that and how do you ensure and enforce and pass a law that isn't forcible. worked with the stakeholders, public and private schools to really talk about what efforts they can make to engage students. they can be part of the solution because they are the ones on the front lines. it really is about working with public and private schools as well about how they can help educate the children and teach them appropriate etiquette. a lot of bullying occurs online which is outside of the specific physical location and it is a challenge that i think the whole community needs to get involved with. >> i thank you for that question because it is something near and

dear to my port -- my heart. you'll find anyone in this room that will tolerate that kind of behavior. thatils down to something touches both alan and i, family. strengthening the family. that is why we are excited. that is the strength in regards to working with families, making sure we can change this culture. as was mentioned, bullying is something that has been going on for a long time. it's a cultural shift that we have gone to the point where we have to make that change. i look forward to working with families. to get that big strong foundation. , i takestitute teacher away parental involvement. i want to make sure parents are involved in the daily lives of students. that's talk about executive experience. we will start with you.

things youe us two have done and big accomplishments in your career that people say, that guy deserves to be governor. >> the first thing i would say, when i went to and took early work at a and went to venture startup, an internet startup, i became project theger of establishing first carrier neutral class a facility in the state of hawaii. ar dream is really to create bunch of these facilities across seoul,te in honolulu, singapore. we wanted to be the premier data center company on the planet. was a challenge. as you know, internet speed is seven times usual and it is really about first to market. i was proud to be able to complete that first data center here in honolulu and was part of

to team that really expanded l.a., sydney, singapore. it really is about private sector experience. probably the most important thing is being the lieutenant governor of the state of hawaii. i look at that is something that is a natural for any governor. opportunity tohe not only be part of an administration but also to gain that experience, gain that and seee, to interact an executive make those tough decisions. couple that with my experience on the bench and i think this is where our campaign theme of trust, respect, and balance comes in. decision ine tough regard to families.

one was terminating parental rights and it was a tough decision to make. if you don't have trust, respect, and balance, there's no way you can make those decisions. >> watching people's money is what we did it city hall. for we left, we were considered low risk. whenever saved money before, we did it there. we left the budget surplus every year that we were there. we fixed old infrastructure such .s the sewage system we ended a decade-long lawsuit against the city. we fixed the problem. we brought new infrastructure and to our community such as rail. but i still contend is the right thing to do. ourwe still managed to make city the leading digital city in america. ofalso continue to be one the safest big cities in america. we implemented new programs like curbside recycling and introduced the third broiler to

convert more energy. and i still found time to help save the pro bowl here in hawaii. >> thank you, candidates. i am standing here with another political science student. his question is about legalizing marijuana. >> other states have legalized the recreational loot -- use of marijuana. what are the opinions of the candidates? not bepinion is i would supportive of legalizing marijuana. my decision is based on my experience as a judge. being in the trenches, understanding what the effect of it all is. all we have to do is look at the experience in colorado and washington. i can tell you it's not the greatest of experiences. they are finding more trouble, more crime, and a whole lot of other things that are affecting

them in regards to the legalization of marijuana because what it comes down to is basically how do we monitor? how do we distribute? and how do we control this commodity. in many states what it is is tot i would call a way shorten the revenue shortfall and we can't go down that line. if there is consensus in the legislature on one issue, a bipartisan consensus, it's on this issue. >> do you support legalizing marijuana? >> i have always been opposed to legalizing marijuana. i think there is overwhelming evidence that it can lead to other drugs. i am concerned about it getting in the hands of minors and the like. i am endorsed by the organization of police officers. one of the reason is because of my strong stance against rugs and drug abuse.

-- drugs and drug abuse. i will consider it and learn more about it but right now i am still opposed to the legalization of marijuana across the board. thank you very much for that question. marijuana is a schedule one drug classified by the federal government which means it is illegal for you to possess, distribute, sell. shouldwsbelieves be consistent. i think it is inappropriate for the state to legalize it. was because there was no legal way to get it. i couldn't understand how you could tell a patient that they could use it for medicinal purposes but the only way you could get it is to buy it from a drug dealer. am open to the regulated

medicinal purposes to be able to get it. >> with all the oils bills -- months,ls, in recent what are you going to do to protect hawaii's natural environment? >> we need to reduce our dependence on oil. i have come out with a plan that says i want to move us to more renewable energy sources. it will also create competition in order to go to a smart grid technology as opposed to the only grid that we have now. we have to be proactive about it.

i am concerned about the cuts made to the department of health through the years. i am concerned about the cuts made to the department of agriculture. these things speak to a governor that will be proactive on protecting the environment and has the ability to bring a coalition of folks when these things happen. it is better to be preventing as opposed to reacting. you have strong support from he and i will clean up the sewage spill at waikiki. we need a better footing so those will not happen again. >> this past session, we took action exactly in that area. we appropriated more funds so we can hire more inspectors. it really is being about being proactive in the upcoming shipments that we get. we want to have inspectors on the ground being able to find the species before it gets out and our communities.

they are tasked with finding the best way to eradicate invasive species. or a long time this was a federally funded program but we believe it is time for the states to step up. it is really about action. leading the people of hawaii understand what the threats of invasive species bring to our communities today. >> i agree with my colleagues in regards to what we need to do with the department of agriculture, the department of health, and make it a priority. lack the resources and some of the other personnel that we need to make sure that we can take care of our pristine environment. hand, something i

mentioned the other day is in regards to talking about efficiency. thate noted for the panel when it comes to efficiency, it is our young people and our children that have taken the lead on that. we have done a great job of educating our young people in regards to the environment and how it has been affected. beinge talk about proactive and preventive, that is where it starts. i want to urge everybody to continue to speak about being culturally sensitive and protect the island. we are nearly an hour in and we have come almost full circle, back to the connector, something all three candidates said they would like to address if elected governor. given what you say, that you want to change or eliminate about obama care or health connector, do you want universal health coverage and how do you get there without it? >> hawaii has been a pioneer in terms of universal health coverage. this is something that i think

we can all be proud of. we have more of our citizens be covered than anywhere else in the country. the longest life expectancy in the country, the lowest health insurance cost in the country, the lowest per capita medicare cost because our seniors have had access to quality health care for their entire lives. this is something clearly that i think we can all be proud of. it is something that would allow us to really move forward in a way that makes sense. >> do you still want universal health care? >> yes. and i say that because it is s about being able to have access to quality health care. everyone should have the opportunity to retire and live a fruitful life. i think the concept of

universal health care, everybody would agree we want that to happen. and we do have that in play. this is where if you are blind to politics will jump into something that we do not need, and that is the affordable care act. there are a lot of good things about the affordable care act has accomplished what it needed to accomplish? . think the answer is no and in the long run, it will cost us a lot. how do we change that? it is a federal issue. it is a federal issue. we have to be smart and who we represent as our electives for our congressional delegation. i will put a plug-in in for charles, somebody that i think must get elected. because we need the balance in our congressional delegation also. just like how many balance in state government. >> absolutely. i applaud and appreciate the efforts we have had in the past

to have prepaid health coverage to ensure that everyone in hawaii can be insured. every time i hear people express support for that, i wonder why the legislature order to approve the federal funding to start the hawaii health connect system. i would ask for an opt out, a waiver. we cannot do a by 2017. behink we need to see supportive to the companies i cannot provide this because we have had a model and how we take care of people. we pope ebola insurance program to help you consider that. this is where the hell is the -- people on insurance programs. >> a little more on the s uperferry. expensive for labor islands and my home. talking about

visiting the island very. published extra money when you -- how to the project? much extra money would effectively project? forms ande unsightly i do not in timeout -- children ande my grandchildren with a tax bill that will only increase as times .o unless we have the specifics of the details -- and i welcome him to talk about that -- i would support it if it is solid and financially viable and we can make it happen. i have been flying a lot to the neighbor islands, and i can tell you right now that you are right about the interisland cost, it is fairly expensive. i think my colleagues would

agree with that. it is the same old, same old type of comment to hear from politicians. if you cannot do a job that the people want, they blame it on the fact that we cannot afford that. then they put out a plan that i said to duke. number one, we need a collaborative process to make this happen. the four county mayors and the governor working together. i intend to go to the department of transportation's maritime administration. that is where the funds are for shipbuilding. it is where the funds are to provide loans and grants to do this. i know my way around the department of transportation does that is how i was able to get rail funding with the help .f the congressional delegation at the end of the day, i support the jones act, because it has to be done with an american bottom to get grants.

and there is interesting shipbuilders will talk to me and mr.rs at a conference that ige and mr. aiona did not attend. we talked about building a coalition of business and government and labor to make that happen. i, too, have been traveling a lot to the neighbor islands, and i feel your pain. before i decided to run for governor, i had not made a whole lot of trips to the neighboring islands. this is one area that i do not believe in the whole priority of things before the state legislature, i cannot see taxpayer funds going to fund erry.hing like the superf it is a very, very expensive enterprise. isthere is a business that willing to do it, if there are federal funds are other sources of funds to fund such a project, i certainly would be willing to be a partner in helping develop it. the rules,we follow complete all of the environmental impact statements

required, and complete all of the committee the engagement that would be required of a project such as this. i think that would be very important. unfortunately, i do not think of the general taxpayer today can add that on top of all of the schools, libraries, and other facilities that are so needed. alo, candidates, we will give you a chance to breathe. we are live from the conference center. from hawaii news now and the ," youulu star advertiser are watching the race for governor. news over the budget headlines were making recently.

with the athletics underfunded and in the red, do you think it is necessary for the state to contribute to the athletics program? ini'm a passionate believer sports, someone who has been involved in many sports activities and organizations and bringing them to the state of hawaii. this is our major university athletic program. i would like to see the state be much more supportive, much more creative in the sharing of revenues, making sure that in events you are using the sponsorship of our athletic teams. typet to ensure that that of marketing creativity is at work at the university of hawaii in that regard. when we have athletic programs, is if the community like no other. i want to see that with every sport, across the board. i believe that if we have a governor that understands and has an ability to reach out to the private sector, which i will -- there's a lot of interest in asia. asian, ms. love hawaii. -- asian companies love hawaii.

reach out ando either proven track record of doing business in the asia-pacific to make this happen. there would be no starter champion the knife i was elected governor. >> as mentioned, we have uhs president david sitting in the front row listening to the answers. >> thank you very much for that question. i'm an alumni of the university of hawaii three times. i started up he committed the college, got my bachelors in electrical engineering, and then an mba from the college of business. at the community college, got my bachelors in electoral engineering, and then an mba from the college of business. this really is a decision for the university president and the regions to make. -- regents to make. we give the university about it and give them flex ability on

how the dollar should be distributed among the various programs for the university. before, i do not believe you want legislators getting in and trying to decide how much fun should be spent for the program. that said, i am a great athletics.f uh i dig it is a powerful message. i believe that athletics is so important for young people because it gives them the opportunities they were not have academically. are going to identify how we are related to the university and sports, i have been a supporter for 30 years. there you go, i got mine in. when it comes to something of this nature, the legislature and the governor, we should be supporting the university of hawaii. i have said this from the very beginning, president, the very beginning when we started our campaign. i said the problem that we have at the university of hawaii is that politicians insert themselves every time there is just a little issue going on. you are the fourth president in 10 years.

your election process was not without criticism, was not without intervention, it was not without controversy. why is that? we have to allow the leadership at the university of hawaii to root. and wants that happens, begin to the decisions making where it should be made. the legislature and the executive branch should do just that. .e should support them if there something they need, we will address it at that point in time. but right now, we need leadership to address those problems. ige -- senate for ige, a question on farms. >> would you support subsidies for local farms to help make us more self-reliant as opposed to importing food? >> when i started this campaign, more than a year ago, i had

superficial knowledge of agriculture and hawaii. .- in the hawaii over the last year, i've had the opportunity to meet with many farmers across the state to talk andt the challenges opportunities, their vision of how we can grow more of the food we eat. i am very bullish on the future of agriculture. but it is about being sustainable. and it is very interesting, the techniques and mechanisms of farming today are so different than they were a decade ago. i did visit a farm on the big island, a pig farm. they are into the natural we wereprocess, where standing in the middle of a pig farm in it did not smell like a pig farm. -- and it did not smell like a pig farm. need to be proactive and support farmers in a sustainable way. aiona, should we

subsidize hawaii farmers? >> i believe the number is a were from 80% of our food is imported from outside of hawaii -- anywhere from 80% to 85% of our food is imported from outside of hawaii. absolutely read it if we can cut dependence by 10%, that would be an increase of about $300 million in the state of hawaii. i am for it all the way. i want you to know that right farmer, theii, the rancher, the average age is 59. need to beef up our educational programs, and i believe that the university of hawaii is prime for that. diversifying in bringing in industry, agriculture is that. we also less diverse location we could have an agriculture, and farming is a big part of that. no one has been stronger in support of agriculture. i believe that the best years

are ahead of us in agriculture and i do not live in the past. it is important to recognize that the department of agriculture has to be strengthened. only 7% of the budget goes to the department of agriculture. take or small, they need to have access to land, --big or small, they need to have access to land, which the government can help. they need to have access to financing and low-interest loans . the need access to water and help with invasive species. -- they need access to water and help with invasive species are it there are not enough inspectors to a proactive with that, we have a fire at problem. problem last but not governor need a that can market. we have kona coffee, that is magical. we need to go around the world

to create the brand name. >> we have another multiple-choice candidates for the presidents. -- candidates. she's one of the three statements. but unions have too much power, the rightons have amount of power, or public unions do not have enough power. public unions have too much power, public unions have the right amount of power, or public unions do not have enough power. a.it is too much power. at the history of hawaii and the development of the public union, there is no question that it was designed and it was developed and it was incremented for the right purpose. but we have got to that point right now where he has gone too far. as a result -- it has gone to bank far. far.o

as a result we have special interest running the state of hawaii. there was an editorial by richard in which he quoted an executive with the public union that it was about the public health hospital and where it is right now. as mr. ige mentioned, they were trying to fix the problem, and he said that we stopped at bill and we are dam proud of it -- that bill and we are proud of it . he says of the also, but it shows you the arrogance and power that the public unions have. >> this is our goldilocks question. >> it depends on that leader. if he is weak and indecisive, they cannot have too much power. but if you do when i try to do in honolulu, strong but fair, honest in dealing with them, , never askedle

them to take pay cuts without doing it yourself. we were the first industry in before thef hawaii collective bargaining was going to ask for a 5% pay cut, i asked my appointees to take that cut up. i think that is what is important. recognize, as i do now, that we need the private and public partnership on the state hospitals. some of them have a tough time accepting that. i will argue for patient centered health care. we need to do something about the doctor shortage, 750 doctors, we need to double that. and most important, recognize that it is for all of the people of hawaii and noticed a jobs issue. -- not just a jobs issue. >> i believe the unions have the right amount of power. we should look at the result of

the union elections and who the union was supporting and who they were not and who actually won the election. our primary election was a historic victory. we were outspent 10-1. we had only one endorsement and my opponent had the lion share of everything else. -- lion's share of everything are aboutlections people, about community, about you caring enough to become active and challenge candidates and find out who you believe to be the best person to represent you. and i do believe that hawaii is still about community. it is really about you being able and willing to spend the time to learn the candidates and make a difference. >> we have that big storm spinning our way right now. o tould like to say mahal the cruise that could be working overtime to keep the lights on. that being said, on the policy level, do you think that hawaiian electric has been a

barrier to the development of alternative energy in hawaii? >> despite their best intentions to convince us otherwise, i do. i really believe that they are too dependent on oil. we need to wean ourselves away from oil. the public utilities commission came out with a report, coupled with the other report, saying that there is too much focus on yesterday's solutions for tomorrow's problem. that is why i am the only candidate running for governor who has come up with a detailed program and platform to remove our dependence on oil. we need to embrace geothermal. and yes, i will seek a private partner, because it is working and 23 countries around the world, eight states, and over 700 projects in 76 nations. theill allow us to move needle towards 100% renewable energy. we need a smart grid technology

also to do that. that will require money. i do not believe hawaii electric is in the position to do that. thatdo not believe hawaiian electric has been a barrier, but clearly we have created a process, and the state has not been leadership necessary to really move forward and a lot of important areas. -- in a lot of important areas , we did restructure the public utilities commission because we thought they were moving slowly. we created a new director so that you could have a professional managing the process. this committee weighs all the issues involved in your rooftop. there are real, engineering, technical problems about reliability. utility engineers like to over engineer, they like to be safe. they are going to air on the one of being safe -- err

the side of being safe. they need to be driving the utility to allow more pv for our community and we have given them the tools to do that. >> to say that the hawaiian electric is the barrier to where we are right now with our costs, or energy costs, would -- our energy cost, would not be accurate. it is a combination of adjusting to a policy that was historical, the hawaii clean energy initiative, enacted in 2008. it was historical and shifting hawaii away from what we have been known to have for decades -- in that shifting hawaii away from what we have been known to have her decades, our reliance on fossil fuel. now we will be relying upon efficiency as well as renewable energy, and it is difficult. we had a lack of leadership. if a lack of leadership in the last four been years in the legislature, the executive branch.

that is why my platform, which will be coming out very shortly -- within the next few days -- will show you that it will be about leadership. making sure that the overriding principle is to lower the cost of energy. >> thank you. for the chance candidates to ask each other a question on any topic. >> mr. ige, we will get your question for mr. hannemann. you will have one minute to respond and then a 32nd rebuttal. rebuttal.nd >> in a unanimous ruling, the supreme court claimed that you were lives. you claimed no involvement, but an official testified that, as the mayor, you were consulted and agreed with the decision. the you agree with the supreme court decision now? time you have asked me thisd

question. clearly you are losing the battle on who has the most executive experience for this job. you want to go to my character? that is fine. the incident that he is referring to, i had no direct involvement. the decision to suspend these workers was made by the corporation counsel, the department of enterprise services to make that recommendation, as well as the union of the too employees -- ewm employees. -- two employees. .e were the ruling went our way on the lower levels. i stand by my character and my integrity but i wish you would've asked me a question about my record in city hall are why i am fit to be governor as opposed to engaging in character assassination again. thank you. >> you know, i am just itching to the facts. the hawaii supreme -- sticking

to the facts rid the hawaii supreme court looked at the issue and did conclude that the mayor had overstepped and reversed this and remanded for action to decide how these two people should be compensated for the fact that they were blacklisted and their careers destroyed. it really is about the facts, and encourage all of you to read. election is about leadership, leadership style. >> time is up. >> we have to move on mr. hannemann. aiona.ion for mr. duke, i should say. you have said that government should get out of the way and let business do its thing. the other hand, you've heard me talk about public and private partnership to save hospitals, and now you say that you embrace

that, which means government and business working together. it seems you are talking out of both sides here, so what is your view you actually hold to? government getting out of the way for all things and taking care of business? or a public-private partnership? over sympathized the general statement in regard to getting out of the way of business. obviously, a public-private partnership is limited to certain areas that you can take advantage of. but when i say government get out of the way of business, i mean just that. there are too many times in which government is putting up barriers for businesses so that they cannot thrive. a good example of that is the permit process that we have in the state of hawaii. i've heard it time and time and time again, that the permitting process is long. industry,struction they started project today, start planning for today, it is

not done until six or seven years down the line. that is something the government has to get out of the way of. part of it is the way that we administer it. that is the concept behind getting out of the way of business. >> 30 seconds, mr. hannemann. >> duke, all have to say is this. york made very clear that you believe that government should just get out of the way and let business do its thing, you cannot have it both ways. that is what gives politicians a bad name. that is like senator ego saying that he has not -- senator ige thing that he did not vote to raise pensions. senator ige in the coming governor aiona need to be careful with their words -- and lieutenant governor aiona need to be careful with their words. taxes,ing about pension how should the people of hawaii

georgia leadership ability when you have pu -- when you flip up on set -- the top on such serious issues as pensions and flop on issues like pension and childhood education. >> let me get the facts straight . i was the chairman of the ways and means committee, and i had a responsibility to deliver a balanced budget so that, unlike the aiona administration, we ended up in the wred. i take responsibility for the fact that when i became chair, the deficit was 200 million. within three months, it had grown to $1.2 billion and a $5 billion budget. it was clear to me that we had to look at all options are it i did look at the pension tax is an option. options.

i did look at the pension tax as an option. at the end of the day, it is about walking the walk. we found a way to balance the budget. aiona, i understand that you do not want to see more questions. >> i believe you forgot the question. the question is about flip flopping on pensions and early childhood education. he was in favor of early childhood education. .> that is our debate gentlemen, candidates, thank you so much. lo for your dedication to be here. thank you to the students and the community leaders. we hope that you learn something. >> a reminder, the general election is 20 days away. we'll have complete coverage leading up to it. x november 4, it is your civic duty.

away,ction day is a week and this year c-span's bring you more than 100 debates across the country. for awww.c-span.org schedule of debates and to see past debates in our video library. races we have covered is in north carolina, where kay hagan is seeking a second term against republican challenger tom tillis. we spoke to a reporter about that race. in northnate race carolina. us.joins where does the race stand? guest: it's us.

even. two polls show it is a dead heat, but right on the money go either way. this is a race that has seen more money spent than any senate race in the country, over $100 million by our count are ready, and we have seen more tv ads than any place. showing no signs of letting up. host: we are asking viewers to call in right now about what issues they care about, what is driving them to the polls in a restated costs the country. north carolina, what are the issues? guest: on the republican side, tillis is tried to make andident obama the issue, coincidently, the threat of crisis and the threat of ebola, he is trying to take national issues the issue in the race. makeor hagan is trying to education and the general assembly, which speaker tillis leads as speaker of the house,

the issue. it is a mirror image of each other. host: a headline, make appeal to omen during a recent rally. why women? guest: i think women are did factor in this race, just like a lot. hagan has enjoyed the gender gap, favoring here. gender gap among male voters goes to tillis. women vote more often, they make up a bigger share of registered voters, and both candidates have been heavy with appeals to women. that could make a difference. host: what about older voters in return on question mark how many about older- what

voters in north carolina? have seen in early voting, it shows the average age of voters was a little bit older than it had been during the which would race, tend to favor the republican, i think in this, although more democrats have early voted to this point, which is kind of a test of their get out the vote effort. the older voters typically say republicans. what about the white vote in north carolina? guest: tillis is going to win that. one recent poll showedguest: heh 32% of the whitehead. that is apparently -- she needs more than that. this race is going to on the

margins, it is women, older voters,african-american and you got to get these people out of the margins. had hillarygan has clinton there. tillis just had rick perry stumping for him. will that have an impact? guest: i think the event in eastern north carolina with burr hadd senator several thousand people there. today he is in charlotte for senator mccain and senator lindsey graham, so he is going out with them, and tomorrow it is mitt romney in raleigh. i do know of any circuits coming in for her at this point, so they have all been in for tillis.

guest: what are you watching for? host: late october surprises. there's an pretty inflammatory ads on both sides in that area. host: we will be watching. thank you very much for your time. guest: thank you. nice to be with you. >> cory booker was elected to the senate in a special election last you. now the new jersey immigrant is seeking a full term. his challenger is republican jeff bll. -- bell. debate in the south carolina senate race. be part of campaign 2014 coverage.

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for joining us for a special sunday morning on wcco-tv. >> we are joined for a live senate debate between democratic senator al franken and challenger mike mcfadden. thank you for joining us. >> welcome. what you will see over the next hour will be different from a traditional debate. there is no audience and i will not be timed responses. pat and i will keep things moving so we could get to as much possible. >> we flipped the coin to determine who would field the first question. mr. mcfadden, you one. we want to start with ebola. there is widespread anxiety in america about a possible outbreak of ebola and there are three states, which or enforcing mandatory core retains -- four teams -- quarantines.

you want to go further and you would like to have a travel ban for was african countries because you say this is a dangerous situation, but medical experts around the world say it's not effective. >> what we have seen here is another example of lack of leadership in washington, ebola is a very serious disease. people are really concerned in this country and minnesota and as i am going around the state whatal, i do not know you're hearing, people are really concerned. it, we are noto close to being prepared for it ebola outbreak in the united states. their only 4 state of the art centers. one in atlanta, why in nebraska and one in washington, d.c.. they can take 3-10 patients at a time. if a severe outbreak, where not

ready to address. >> medical experts say a travel ban is not effective. >> i think it is common sense. we have a way to prevent people from coming to our country, so i called for a temporary travel ban of people traveling from west africa to the united states. >> and to support the mandatory quarantine for health care workers who have -- over the weekend, that had goes into and newn new york jersey. >> when you saw what happened in doctoral camea and develop symptoms, it is scary. those poor nor since -- those poor nurses in dallas and they probably thought they were doing everything right and they contracted it. the cdc allows the nurse to get on a plane. >> let's go to senator franken. medical experts say job in is not effective.

is it effective or not? insufficient it is to have a travel ban from the was african countries to the united states because it is a vast majority go through countries. there are very few flights directly. let me tell you what i have done. he said hefranken, wants a travel ban and you said it should be considered, but you are concerned about getting aid workers in and out. do support or not and also what about the mandatory quarantine that has gone into effect in three states? >> let me tell you what i have been doing. it is a very small minority of flights that come from there. the vast majority come through third countries like europe or the middle east.

i agree that the response in dallas was just unacceptable and my work, a lot of my work has to -- thatminnesota that is not going to happen. i have been in burglar content with the head of the hospital association and we have for hot foods now that are set up -- i have been in regular contact with the head of the hospital association and we have 4 hospital set up. >> what about the ban? it is very controversial? >> we want to do the most rational, effective thing to keep people safe in minnesota. i talked to the governor and from thener -- minnesota department of health last night and i will be talking to the commissioner and he is having a meeting with expert

today at 1:00 to talk about what the most effective way is. and whether that means a mandatory quarantine. >> we want to know where you stand on the travel ban? >> i have nothing against a travel ban from west africa. it is am saying is -- totally insufficient because what we need to do is be able to screen and i talked to the cbc and i pressed the cdc along with the governor, who makes airport where in you screen and track people. all the people come in will be theyned and attract, so have to take her temperature twice a day. that is the distinction now between mandatory quarantine. other governors have decided not to do it. i will be talking to the governor and the commissioner

later today about how that meeting went. we want to do this in the most effective way possible. >> mr. mcfadden, let's go back. we have a doctor in new york who was self testing and was taking his temperature by he was out of bowling and riding the subway. is he a hero or irresponsible dr.? about the cdc,s there are a lot of mistakes and that was made. the administration does not seem to have a hold. with doctorsctor without borders and he is a hero. i listen to both of you asked frank and three times what his answer was and he did not answer. that's a problem with politics. people want straight talk. the reason people are so concerned about ebola is a ecac in washington -- if they see a

theme in washington and there is no leadership whether isis or the economy. people are feeling less secure and less safe and i know that because i am talking to people. >> are you satisfied with president obama's handling that handling of the obama crisis? they apologized for what they did. focusnow, my number one is making sure that people in minnesota are safe and that is why i have worked -- i've been in constant contact with both the commissioner, the governor. >> are you satisfied with president obama? >> no, and i do not think he is. >> that's it for this segment that will be back in a couple of minutes with questions about the affordable care act. ♪

>> welcome back to the senate debate. the affordable care act which is known as obamacare is now in place and a year old. americans are still navigating what it is and what it means. >> we want to start with senator franken, president obama said repeatedly if you like your doctor, you can keep him or her and if you like your policy, you can keep it. would you call it the lie of the year in 2012? have you been lying to the peak will of minnesota -- to the people of minnesota? >> i have not. i did not say those things. the president was engaged in wishful thinking. let's talk about what the affordable care act has done in minnesota. theave reduced by 40%

number of uninsured. 95% of minnesotans are in short him of the country. minnesotans, second in the country. mr. mcfadden wants to repeal the affordable care act, he has ronald that the whole time. he wants to repeal it. we have to fix the things that are wrong with it, but built of the things that are right. if you repeal, we would go back to square one and you would have people with pre-existing conditions being able to get coverage without paying a penalty. women would have to pay more for their health care just because they are a woman. people who have gone through their lifetime cap or annual cap would be thrown off their health care again.

kate, a mom, whose daughter has cystic fibrosis said her daughter is alive because they got rid of the cats. >> your mate is a big part of your campaign. -- you have made a big part of your campaign. you said you want to keep pre-existing conditions and keep 26-year-old on their parents' policies and no lifetime limits. you also say no mandate. it does not seem to work. on the health experts say that is obamacare, but for the mandate. >> we have a health care issue in this country. we have had for a long time. obamacare is not the right solution. it is a train wreck. i have come with a plan and i want to talk about

it. lie, theed with the biggest lie of the year, if you like your doctor, you can keep it. the biggest lie was when the president and al franken said it would make health care less expensive and that is not true. it's absolutely not true. i know that because i am talking to people. that it was preferred one, the low-cost provider and they came out with the new rates and they are going up 63%. when i was in rochester last week him a woman came up to me who work at mayo clinic -- last week, a woman came up to me who works at mayo linette at her deductible is going up and she had a look of fear and anger. said it is a lie you are telling minnesotans. premiumsfocus on the going off.

three weeks from tomorrow, thousands of minnesotans will go to the website and the estimates are all over the map ranging from 4% to 11%. what did you say to people who are concerned not only by the increasing -- people have seen their rates go up and some have seen them go down. i spoke to a manufacturer 8:00 p.m. ploys 48 people -- may fracture and he employees 48 people. let's make it clear. let me make this clear. what he is talking about is repealing this and it goes back to square one with a congress that is -- where there is -- there is obstruction and gridlock. all of this disappears illegally. -- immediately.

>> we have a health care issue in this country. obamacare is not the right solution. it is a disaster. to say it is going to lower cost is patently wrong. it will raise costs. we cannot afford. the difference is i want the states to control and you want the federal government to control. >> that has been done. quick you do what you want -- >> when al franken and i were debating in front of the audiencem alfred and said there audience,roms with -- alfredo said there are many problems with obamacare. at yourts have looked plan and set your plan will not keep costs low will cost you do not have the mandate. chris that is wrong. i said of the states can decide if they want to implement.

-- >> and that is wrong. if minnesota said we want a mandate, we could do that. not want one,es they do not have to. i believe the states are laboratories for experiment. >> it does not matter. it is not going to be his plan. members of the house and 100 members of the senate and everybody will have a plan and your plan does not get adopted because you are running for office. it immediately goes away. i have offered fixes. ok? i have bipartisan support on something called reinsurance which is the unions and businesses that sell for sure the republican of illinois is a cosponsor of my legislation. to say i have offered nothing -- >> that is a minute piece of it.

what minnesotans want -- straight talk and obama care is not working. there's a better way forward and i think the states are laboratories for experiment and it should be implemented. i am sorry gentlemen. that is all the time we have. >> ok. >> they are $1000 a year less per book in -- per beneficiary their predicted in 2009. the cost of the kind of care we have incentivized as opposed to -- and what we do -- >> you mentioned -- >> medicare advantage that you want to do away. >> and that is not true. more americans on medicare advantage now than ever before. i am sorry for that we want to go to a lot of

topics. hang on a second. >> for safe to say it will lower, it is a out right -- everybody getting the permits for next year are seeing staggering rises. >> we will have to take a break. we will be back in a couple of minutes. >> welcome back to the senate to debate. we have been asking viewers what is on their mind. what do they want to know from the candidates. >> we have had a lot of questions from viewers and one is from rod, who is sick and tired of america being at work for a dozen years. he is wondering, what can be done about it? he asks senator franken, what would you do about the isis threat?

a barbaricis is group. we need to degrade and destroy isis. train and arm the syria withbels in some trepidation about how successful it could be. i have supported the president's bombing as well as in iraq. isis does not observe those borders. i do not think -- would we go back to to congress, we will debate and vote at the right to use military force to o this bombing. kay it will be a much more narrowly defined authorization. -- to support the president'

do you support the president's actions and has he done enough? mr. mcfadden said he you and missing in action a do not done enough to stop recruiting right here in minnesota. what about that? >> as soon as i got to the what are the9, first things i did was give briefings from the fbi, both in washington and st. paul on recruitment going on at the time in our community. leaders, anommunity organization that tries to get youth to make better choices. i met with a lot enforcement and the on record as pressing judiciaryecurity

hearings on this. i am on record as pressing the director of the fbi on this and judiciary hearings. i have worked with the community and working with law enforcement. we got to the recruitment down. when it was clear that isis had acruited dozens, i wrote letter saying i want to double down on what we did to limit -- they started a new program. >> he has done a lot. this has been going on for a long time. the world has become a more dangerous place. i hear about safety and security from people all of the time. the number one recruitment area for terrorism and that concerns me. there are things going on for a long time. al franken second 2008. it was not until -- there are estimates that thousands of

minnesotans are fighting with isis. minnesotans were killed and i called for a revocation of that gos from people with terrorist organizations and i held a press conference. after talking with community leaders in east africa. al franken comes out and says -- he writes a letter to the department of justice. let me go back. when you talk about isis the cuts that are barbarians. i cannot stress enough how disappointed i have been with president obama's foreign-policy or lack of it in your support of it. doesleading from behind not work. it was a president that said, i will sit down with the leaders of north korea and iran and work everything out. that is not been the case. the world is a more dangerous face today because will not show leadership.

it is a president they came from vacation after there were 2 beheadings of journalist and said we do not have a strategy and that is not acceptable. >> the president said in 2012 syria used chemical weapons and a red line would be crossed a it would be u.s. action in retaliation and that never happened. experts point to that in a series of missteps in syria and not leaving a force in iraq as being part of the reason that isis has grown so quickly. you have supported the president's foreign-policy. do you feel the president and yourself and those who have supported him are right to blame? used 2013 when assad chemical weapons, i said i thought the president should use force. mr. mcfadden talks about leading from behind. in the first 10 months of his

campaign, there was not a word about foreign-policy and terrorism. used chemicalad weapons, every republican candidate was asked by minnesota public radio what choices they would make, what would they do. everybody answered but mr. mcfadden. he ducked. the reason was it was a difficult political decisions. >> i did not duck. >> you did not answer the question. >> every -- other candidates responding. >> we get asked questions all of the time. sometimes we answer and sometimes we do not. it made a situation i was at a kids -- i am in the game. as soon as you draw a redline in the sand and it's crossed, i would've had bombers

immediately. done. and -- and -- >> this was a huge issue at the time. this dominated the news. when you were asked about the issue facing the country and right then and there that was the issue and it was a difficult decision at that is the job -- in benghazi, we had an ambassador murdered and the president did nothing and you supported and the world watched. phil what happened is the president drew a red line in the sand -- then what happened is the president drew a redline and nothing happened. no wonder we have a situation that happened in the ukraine or gaza or syriaa -- and the world is a much more dangerous place.

you supporting for president 97% of the time. you are a rubber stamp for his policies. >> we will talk >> what should we have done in benghazi? >> hang on. let me answer this. this is a job where you have to answer questions in real time, where you have to make choices in real time. you can't take cheap shots from the bleachers. there was no, nothing, not a word of his foreign policy. nothing on his website. nothing that he -- no speeches on it. no press release. >> you talk about diverting questions real time. i just watched pat asked you three times whether you supported travel ban from west africa and you diverted it time

and time again. people are seeing how you act and that's not acceptable. >> up next, we'll get to one of the most repeated attacks in this race, that 97%. stay right here. >> welcome back to the u.s. senate debate between al franken and republican challenger mike mcfadden. something we've heard a lot in this campaign and viewers have seen this in your political ads over and over again. you have repeatedly criticized senator franken in your ads for voting with president obama 97% of the time. you promise if you're elected if you vote 97% of your time with your party, you won't run again. what is the proper percentage,

96%, 95%? how about 90? how about 88%? what's your percentage? >> it shows independent leadership. i won't be a rubber stamp for any president. it's an issue because i believe that this president is leading us in the wrong direction. i believe that most minnesota residents believe that and al franken has been a rubber stamp for the president. i haven't met anybody in minnesota that agrees with another person 97% of the time. he don't even agree with my wife 97% of the time. what's a good% ath -- percentage? >> pat, let me tell you something. let me share something with you. america is broken right now. congress is not working. it's not working. it is hyperpartisan and i believe that right now that where we have dush mentioned

there's 100 senators and 435 in the house of representatives, there's 535 people that have an opportunity to vote in america and what we have produced from congress for a decade is horrendous. >> i get what you're saying. you're using them over and over again but that is apparently what everybody does. take a look at some of -- here's what the democrats vote. let me show you this. here is what democrats vote with their parties, and it's above 90%. you've got all the democrats, 90% or more, except for colin peterson. but republicans too. look at the republicans. here are republicans. everyone is voting above 90%. that 97% number is meaningless. >> no it's not. it's not meaningless. it's one of the highest percentage voting with the president. he has supported the president every step of the way. pat, you raise a bigger issue nd that's the extreme partisan

partisanship that has taken place in washington. we have seen this hyperpartisanship. congress has a 9% approval rating. what really bothers me as a dad, as a businessman, and as a coach is nobody takes responsibility for the outcome. let me just -- >> we have to move on. we actually broke down the votes amongst the u.s. senate and we actually found there were no republican senators who voted with their party 97% of the time while 37 democratic senators including you voted with the president 97% of the time in the 113th congress. doesn't that make your party, the democratic party the party of gridlock? >> no. this has been written about extensively and why this is so misleading. a lot of these are just

nominations. .h.s. secretary, she passed -- a lot of these -- that's what they score. they score the things the president is for. i try to vote -- i try 100% of the time to vote for minnesota. and i work across party lines. i've done legislation with lamar alexander, a republican of tennessee. we just got it signed in july, the first reform of our workforce system. we got rid of 15 different programs but we're training people for jobs that exist. i work with pat roberts on making drugs safer. work with deb fischer from kansas, deb fischer a republican from nebraska on world broad

ban. >> you say you're woking across the aisle. but 97% indicates you do support president obama. has he been doing a really good job, good enough you support him 97% of the time? -- i have - i do voted in the interest of minnesota. now, on president obama, i've been disappointed in his inability to deal with this gridlock. but i've also been disappointed in the gridlock that's been created especially by the tea party. >> let me talk about gridlock for a minute. to ale you made a comment franken his party was a -- i can tell you as an outcider, as a

usinessman -- outsider who was taught to take responsibilities dad, i don't understand, congress has been horrendous. republicans say it's not our fault. we don't control the presidency. the democrats don't. they say we can't work with the house. i believe that la franken is one of the most partisan senators in the senate. >> why have senator roger wicker, a republican mississippi in the th me to reign credit agencies on wall street. >> may i answer? >> go quickly. >> i see common ground when i can. but i also stand my ground when i -- when they come after the

middle class, and this is where mr. mcfadden and i fundamentally disagree. i think the economy works in the middle out. i work want to work for the middle class and those aspiring middle class. >> hang on a second. we're talking about partisanship. >> i'm for raising the minimum wage. >> a study came out and they ranked senators from 1 to 100 in terms of their ability to co-sponsor legislation across the aisle. you were ranked last place. my dad always said look at actions. >> according to that constituent -- it statistic, ted cruz is one of the most bipartisan members of the senate. >> ted cruz voted with his party 87% of the time. i've got ted cruz's voting record here. >> if you look at voting, there's a bell curve and, al,

you are an outliar. >> when president obama was elected, the first thing we heard from the republican minority leader mitch mcconnell was they were going to do everything they can to not allow a second term. do you agree with that? >> i'll just give you a straight answer, unlike la franken who continues to divert from questions that you've asked him, i believe that's wrong. i think washington is so broken that nothing is getting done and nobody takes responsibility for these outcomes. this is america. we signed up for representative democracy over 200 years ago which by definition, which means we have to work together to get things done. and under measurement what has been produced by congress over the last decade is horrendous. and you've been a part of that,

al, and you need to take responsible tore that. >> we have to move on to the next segment. we will be right back. please join us. >> welcome back. we're in a state that bleeds purple and gold. even in a trying season the vikings are in a very big draw. we want to join larry jacobs from the humphreys school who has been going over the viewer questions. >> we've got john who has written in and john is fed up with billionaire owners getting public funding. lets start with you, senator franken. john asks, do you think it's time to revoke the nfl tax exempt status? if yes, would you commit to sponsoring legislation to do this? >> senator franken. > well, they are exempt from

certain laws that i think they shouldn't be. when they were negotiating on the stadium, it really was the owner could hold us hostage, the city hostage. i believe that we should be able to go back to the green bay packer model where a community owns -- can own the team. >> what about tax-exempt status? >> i would revoke that. i would have to look into that. they do -- >> two other senators have bills drks senator cantwell and cory booker both have legislation in congress saying that they should revoke the tax-exempt status. >> i will support that. >> i will how about you? >> it's something i can look into. when i heard the question he thought maybe -- >> this is a federal issue. >> i understand the tax-exempt status.

i have not looked into the nfl's tax-settlement status. and i've never been asked a question on that before. what i am asked is about the direction of this country. well, this is a $10 billion constitution here and they have a tax--- institution here. you're thoughts on that. >> i'll look into it and i'll get back to you. frankly, i'm kind of surprised that in an hour debate that we're talking about tax exempt status. >> this is important to our views and a lot of minnesota ans . a week from now the washington redskins football team comes here and to many people, minnesota residents and native americans they

believe it's offensive. should they change their name? >> if it was my team, i would own e the name but i don't the team >> i think it's racist. >> senator franken, you've actually written to the nfl to ask them to force the redskins to change their name. according to -- you septembered a $2,500 this election season from the nfl. was that the right thing to do? >> well, look, whoever gives money to me, i feel they're endorsing what i speak on. >> they've been widely criticized for turning a blind eye as to domestic abuse. >> this is the first that i heard that they gave to me. >> according to this group, it's a $2500 contribution.

would you consider giving it back? >> i will, yes. >> we will move on to the next segment where we'll talk about a lot of issues that a lot of our viewers want to hear about this too. >> you have also talked about closing loopholes. you want to close every loophole there is. isn't this a loophole that an organization like the nfl has a tax exempt status? >> i can't wait to hear which ones you want to close. >> i think that would be an exercise in futility to sit there and say which one of the 17,000 we are going to get rid of. i think we should do it in a onpartisan way and say this is going to be neutral because we have $17.5 trillion of debt we need to be guided by simplicity and transparency.

>> this is where we have a fundamental difference. i voted to get rid of tax loopholes for companies that outsource jobs overseas. hat we use that to pay for 2, 00 teachers in minnesota. this is was at the height of the great recession. we were losing teachers right and left. i made that vote. he criticized that vote. i have legislation to prevent inversions that i have co-sponsored. his company has taken advantage of inversions. >> billions of dollars. >> al franken owns stock in the parent company that he's talking about. >> al, i'm disappointed. you have spent millions of dollars attacking me on the air with false ads, and that's one of the issues that we have in

this state right now. you ran the most negative attack oriented campaign in 2008 against norm coleman and now you're doing it again. and i believe -- >> lets talk about this latest ad, mr. mcfadden because you're saying it's absolutely false that your company neg yosheyated a deal that resulted in a mine closing in montana that resulted -- layoffs.lay offs >> the company that i run did not do that deal. it was not involved in that transaction. >> why was it on the website? i've got the website here. it has that deal right underneath it. >> what i would encourage you to do is call them on monday and you ask them if we were nvolved. . e company that i run

we sell businesses. >> you also talk about your restructuring prowl es on your website. you posted that. >> this was a transaction that the business that i run did not touch. and what al franken has said is in that ad was that i was a c.e.o. that was bruce. you know bruce. he was a big donor to your campaign. >> except you're not telling the truth, senator franken. 00 people loss their jobs. >> you have these unemployed mill workers -- >> i have a mutual fund. you know some of the financials that i don't control. >> please let me answer this. this is an ad about a plant in montana that closed and it closed because of a deal that mr. mcfadden's company was

advising on restructuring. >> not the firm that i run. it's the firm -- >> can i answer? >> mr. mcfadden's firm during this entire campaign advertised that it did the restructuring for that company. that's the company that laid off these 400 people. some had worked there for 20 to 30 years. but the day they had it on their website until the day we ran the ad. that seems pretty incriminating. >> this would be like me blaming you for something that general electric did when you were at "saturday night live" because they -- >> i didn't advertise on my website. >> it's not just this ad. you met my daughter. >> aren't we embarrassed about

what? >> about taking off your website the day after my ad that says -- that advertised we did the restructuring. >> we're come back on the other side of this break. >> stay tuned. we'll have much more of our debate after this. >> as we joined again by senator al franken and mike mcfadden. both of you wanted to continue the conversation that we left wfment >> so i wanted to say and stress anses are tired. when we initially when i jumped into this race, al, your team, the democratic party put out an attack ad that had my daughter in it. no, don't roll your eyes. there is an attack ad that had my daughter molly in it. that's not appropriate. and minnesotaians are tired of

these attacks. i have not -- >> you don't run negative ads? >> every ad -- these ads have been very negative. >> what about the issue of the 400 jobs that were lost, senator? >> 400 jobs lost, they did the restructuring, they bragged about doing the restructuring for the whole lent of this campaign until -- whole length of this campaign. they knew his company did the restructuring on this. now they are a wholey owned subsidiary of a company in bermuda. that's the whole point -- you're a shareholder in that company. >> let me finish. that's the whole point of having a company in bermuda. you can sit -- you can send the

money there. evidently it's intended to be confusing where your income is so that middle class americans end up paying the tax bill. we have a fundamental difference in the way we think the economy should work. it should work from the middle out. it should hope those in the middle. >> you own stock in this parent company and you own it through a mutual fund. you know what the mutual fund was called? the social responsible fund. >> if i can get to the point of the inversion -- tax inversion and those 400 jobs. did you have something to do with that? >> no, the firm that i run had nothing to do with that. >> why was it on your website? >> you sat there and -- >> your company made $10 million on an inversion deal that sent a u.s. pharmaceutical company over to ireland. is isn't that fair for you to be questioned about and held accountable? >> that is false.

we did not represent the company that did the inversion. >> you represented the irish company and your company made a lot of money. >> we have no operational control. it's like selling a home. >> you told the associated press that you didn't even know an inversion was part of the deal. you were a accomplished businessman. >> you're a c.e.o. and you don't take responsibility for what your company does, what are you going to do as a senator? the point is there's a company that's worth $500 million in ireland and you're representing it. you're representing the fact they have a very low tax rate in ireland. >> we have a minute left here. >> we represent companies all over the world and we don't have operational control. it's -- when you sell your house , when you sell your apartment -- your agent doesn't make

operational control of that. it's the new owner comes in and -- >> this is a fundamental difference. as s -- he doesn't just act the real estate agent. he bragged in 2009 about when there's a bad market we change to doing restructuring. and that's exactly what happened in montana. >> gentleman gentlemen, i am sorry. that is going to have to be the last word. we want to thank mr. mcfadden and senator. thank you so much for joining we want to go now

>> jennifer jacobs lectures begin with the status of it, paul is still showing?

expect things to stay very average. >> this has been seen as one of them are colourful races for senate and partly to do with their personal stories and things that have happened, i a nt to show viewers about couple of ads and we will talk about them on the other side. >> let's go for a walk, know the last time we did that we almost got sued. >> he threatened to sue for that. >> because we walked on his property?

>> he wants to sue over ask, chickens. >> bruce bailey, he is not very iowa. >> it is an mess, dirty, noisy and it stinks. not this lot, i'm talking about the one in washington. too many politicians. too many bad ideas. it is time to stop spending money we don't have balanced the budget. cleaning up the mess in washington is going to take a whole lot of iowa commonsense. >> pigs and chickens, how is this playing in iowa? you are a democrat, you

see the hog references, it great on their nerves. -- sorry it was the other way round. know, these negative campaign reports shows that people are more likely to believe the negative ads. >> what are the issues are out in this election? are those the primary ones? >> probably bruce bailey, he is and the about abortion minimum wage. joni is talking about the "iowa way".

unemployment is low, we have the balanced budget, she says has been removing regulations so she calls that the "iowa way". bruce bailey, democrat tends to play on the social issues. she is focusing more on the military issues in the middle east. >> i want to show our viewers a adverts for bruce bailey and the meek and talk about those as well. >> this election isn't about joni ernst or me. it is about iowa. she wants to keep giving tax rates to companies that ship overseas, i say stop. we need to cut taxes for

companies that hire american workers. i approve braley and this message. >> joni ernst talks about privatising. jenny ernst is so extreme she risks seniors retirement on the stock market and being the guaranteed minimum benefit. bruce will protect social for all of us. take nnifer jacobs let's that last advert, airing that with one week to go, what does that tell you? that e negative ads say they are worried, you see the positive ads and they tell you they are pretty confident.

the democratic party is one of their biggest players here, are spending the most, they make the spending the same amount on the republican side too. >> what about the female vote here? i work could be electing the first female in congress by voting the joni ernst,is she connecting with female voters in iowa? >> she is connecting with some but not as many as she would place better ld with men then with women but i know the campaign has been trying to work on that, they definitely have a voice of women who promote her on a regular basis.

>> you talked about the outside money coming from democrats, where is the outside money from republicans coming from? which group? >> there is a coke bros money coming in, the big ones. >> with a week to go, jennifer jacobs, what will you be watching for? >> i'll be watching to see if playing crats will be the social issues, of course will be watching to see if there are any mistakes, if they can make it through, and get through to the end without any big mistakes. >> we appreciate your time. >> you are welcome.

>> mary landrieu is running again. if no candidate wins no majority of the votes next tuesday the next two finishes will have a run-off and month later. >> from louisiana this morning, there is elizabeth chris she is a capital news bureau reported that to talk about the senate race between democrat mary landrieu and bill cassidy, the republican. there is also the independent candidate who is running as well and then you have got several other candidates on the ballot. so elizabeth is headed towards a run-off, do you agree? that looks like what it right now. to be very interesting. total are nine candidates on this ballot. >> what is going on with the incumbent centre? >> louisiana is very different they have a jungle primarily week is a ne next primary. it looks like mary is going to most votes most likely but nobody is going to have much to crack into that 50% so it is very

interesting how the campaign has been going here. you cannot watch tv without bombarded by campaign ads, it is really interesting, lot of it really -- were lot of barack obama tying her to him. >> is that impacting her to get over that 50% or as a record as a senator? >> it is certainly barack obama. you would think barack obama would be on the ballot with the it has been campaigned, last night there

was a debate between rob minas again it came ime up, mentioning barack obama. >> the former president bill was in louisiana yesterday, asking voters to get out and vote. in the closing week? >> that was actually last monday. it was interesting, it was the event he was out here, more of a private fundraiser. was in baton rouge, you really had to go, it was open media. so it is cked,

a lot of attention, i will see how much attention it gets, right now this is the last day for early voting. voted 0 people have early at this point so, i guess how much the big names are drawing out on an international basis. >> elizabeth chris, how much money has been spent on this race? and also what are the key democratic voters to watch for? >> i haven't even looked at how much has been spent.

i think it it is the most expensive raised in the country. they are constantly running ads on tv but, really poll that came out it showed 14% undecided so, it is are the inding out who undecided voters are. >> okay elizabeth chris, we appreciate your time. >> thank you so much for having me on. >> a look at tomorrow's washington journal, starting with the conversation on the recent drop in gas prices in the us.

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we need harris brown, approving conservatives and knows the value of a hard day's work. in congress how this will protect the promises and ensure american dream for those. it's time for real leaders. >> well washington has let us down and the politicians have let us down and it is time to fix it. we're m zach dasher, in our energy resources and we're going to

secure our borders and finally we need to tell the government to respect our christian values and our god-given liberties. i'm zach dasher, i approve this message. >> as we stand here this morning in this room, thousands of women and children cross the this is going on as we speak every day. the border security is?. a country without a border is not a country. i am ed tarpley and i approve this message. >> your voice, your vote. >> good evening, and welcome to voice your vote.

over the next hour we will hear from eight of the nine candidates seeking your vote for the fifth congressional district in the state of louisiana. we are asking them to fight straight forward answers and questions to the questions you have submitted. each candidate will receive 20 seconds to answer. since our format is a forum rather than debates candidates will have to hold any rebuttal until the closing remark. will hear this spell, and when the time is up we will start in alphabetical order and proceed in succession to the next letter each question. >> tonight we start on several questions on health care. of ebola are growing, candidates in 45 seconds take a few moments to introduce

yourself and then enter this opening question. doctor by welcome ralph abraham. >> i am ralph abraham and i'm running for congress. i am a farmer, a form of selection aryan, a father and grandfather the ebola situation is a serious situation. the way to solve this problem is very straightforward. flights, seal off

borders, we have people coming from over 75 countries over they we don't know who are and where they come from and what they have got. we need to send a medical team in its at and stop it epicentre. >> weather good news is that i understand it is that we are teams on the he disease, i spoke with the former diplomat to senegal and few reported w a cases that so the good news is that this at break seems to be waning. this is not a new disease and protocol have been out there for long time. . i think we're doing the best that we can that said it is up to everyone to take care and stay alive and use protective equipment.

avoid flying, those are personal decisions that one can make their own safety. is for candidate harris brown. >> preevent attraction to myself i'm harris brown, i'm a small business owner here in the district. experience be y at farming, oil gas or timber. in regards to the bowler this is clearly an imminent and dangerous threat to our union and i certainly support the area stricture that were put in limiting the

inbound flights to 5 airports in the usa but i would eliminate all flight into the us from these disease stricken nations. this is not something we can take lightly. >> mr what you think is the appropriate nationwide response to ebola? >> i am the father of four and my wife jill, i think we need to shut down flights from affected countries and number to secure our we ders and number three need to -- we don't need another start we need commonsense solutions. mr holliday, your thoughts on the ebola situation. >> i served three times in the u.s. house so i have the most

experience of anyone here. i have four children. my life is busy. without controlling the border, there is no way we can shouldn't try what is going on in our country, we should know single individual coming across so we should stop flights from the countries from one of these three countries. >> thank you mr holloway. and our single democrat, jamie mayo joins us now. >> good evening, i and the mayor of the city of monro. came from humble beginnings

but the values that i learnt learned as erience i a businessman has taught me the teamwork and that teamwork has allowed monro to have the best fiscal situation in the city. i they had an opportunity to brief us in things that were going on. >> current fifth district congressmen, vance mcallister joins us. what you think is an appropriate response? >> that me say thanks for you joining in. you could be watching "dancing with the stars." i'm congressman vance mcallister. if you don't know who i am, god

bless you. i would love to meet you. i have seen what is coming out. the cdc should have done better. they could have done better. it is not a complete outbreak yet and we are doing everything we can to make sure to control it. the problem right now is with funding. secretary kerry asked for $1 billion of redirected funds to it. things the cdc and some are going on and it is ridiculous what the government is doing. we are putting $2.9 million to ,ind out why lesbians are obese two main dollars to find out why the elderly are not joining the choir. grants are not being accounted for that we have to take care of. >> the last candidate to answer is ed tarpley. what do you think the response should be? >> i think the nation'