the way i would describe this is that there is a sense that, among this class of people, life is a race. the goal of parents was to give as much of a leg up as possible. unfortunately, bagging groceries does not do as much as preparing kids for the s.a.t. mr. murray: i will just add that i think that is hugely important. i have a quiz included in coming isrt that says, how thick your bubble that isolates you from mainstream america? the most important question of is, have you ever held a job that caused a body part to hurt at the end of the day? if you have never held such a job, you are fundamentally unable to empathize with a huge chunk of americans who hold that job everyday.

more importantly, you have a distorted sense of what work is. that separates you fundamentally from the rest of the country. i cannot say how much i enjoyed the book. it is a wonderful read. that is not just saying nice things on jd's behalf. it is terrific. i urge you to get a copy and read it immediately. jd, you have been as engaging and insightful as you were in the book. been a pleasure. mr. vance: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

>> author j.d. vance, signing his new book. not thatguest on q&a

long ago. find that and other coverage online at c-span.org. c-span, created by america's cable television companies and brought to you as a public service by your cable or satellite provider. 2016 coverage continues on c-span with debates for u.s. house, senate, and governors races. the debate00, between pat mccrory and roy cooper. wednesday evening at 8:00 eastern, mike lee and misty snow debate for the utah senate. noon, thejust after debate between brian fitzpatrick and steve senator of. then, richard burr and deborah ross debate for the north

carolina senate. friday night at 8:00, the wisconsin senate debate between ron johnson and russ feingold. that is followed at 10:00 with joe heck and catherine cortez-masto debating for the nevada senate. watch our coverage on c-span and c-span.org. listen on the c-span radio app. c-span will give you the chance to hear from the leading third-party presidential candidates -- libertarian gary johnson will talk about his campaign and answer calls at 8:00 eastern. then, a conversation with green party nominee jill stein and her running mate. that starts at 9:00. they will take your phone calls and tweets. we are covering state races all over the country, including the arizona senate debate. today, donald trump responded to

comments made by john mccain last night. we will show you some of senator mccain's comments and then donald trump's tweet. i agreed with congresswoman kirkpatrick about the importance of infrastructure. that is why i was able to get i 11 into the highway bill for a cord or that goes all the way into canada. forpreciate congresswoman -- kirkpatrick's support. if someone wants to say something disparaging of me, i understand that. i do not understand it when it is said about other men and women who have been imprisoned. i spoke out strongly against it. i spoke out strongly on several other issues where i thought mr. trump was absolutely wrong. i have not been shy about it. y, ason of the khan famil

man who literally sacrificed his life, all those things i thought were very wrong. when mr. trump attacks women and demeans women in our nation and where i that is a point have to part company. it is not pleasant for me to renounce the nominee of my party. he won the nomination fair and square. but i have daughters. i have friends. i have so many wonderful people on my staff. they cannot be degraded in that fashion. i believe i had to withdraw my support just as i cannot support hillary clinton. >> that was from last night. tweeted --ld trump we will hear from donald trump

in florida this evening. a rally is coming up this evening at 8:30 eastern. we will have that on c-span2. 2016 a look at campaign after the presidential debate. coming up at 7:00, the north carolina governor's debate. is herear from the "national journal," here to talk about campaign 2016. what do you think was the impetus of paul ryan going to the republican base in the house, talking about the actions he was about to take? guest: public and numbers of congress have just about had it with donald trump and the release of that video was essentially the final straw for a lot of his public and members. they've seen pulling in their district and they know the trump is deeply unpopular in many suburban districts. paul ryan has really tried to thread a very tough needle right

now, which is trump supporters who may not vote for republicans if he distances himself, and says i can't support trump or endorse trump at all. but also reassure some of the more moderate suburban constituencies that they are not going to be taken down with this trump tornado. host: is this about how seats possibly up for grabs? cares about the house, republicans are feeling very optimistic about we go about their ability to hold a narrow majority in the senate. panic aboute in these very close races all of a sudden tipping more towards the democrats. host: we have heard a lot of fronts about republican infighting over many issues. do you expect that same kind of infighting about these recent actions over donald trump? guest: republicans come all the way back to when trump won the nomination came with this formulation that they would essentially support trump, but

not enthusiastically endorse him, especially in the swing state races and key races in the house and senate that are going to decide the majority in both chambers. has said overmp the intervening several months, they still stayed together as a team and said this is horrible and we don't support what he said, but we still support trump. paul ryan said what he said was racist, but i still think he is better than hillary clinton. over the weekend, when the nonstop news coverage was developing over this video from 2005, the did look at polls, all of a sudden it was the weekend and they were in their home states and home district, in a state of abject panic. a republican senator decided to do with a car was in their own best interest. some of them, like kelly ayotte said they can't support donald trump anymore. saids, like marco rubio what they have been doing all along. it actually looks like the republicans who have stuck with

trump in his awkward formulation -- the worry that republicans that they can't support company more is that a lot of the trump supporters won't vote for them down ballot. a lot of the trump supporters only care about trump. they were going to hesitantly vote for the republicans down ticket. the worry that a lot of her public officials have is that some of these trump supporters devoted all down ballot, and supportersn-trump may not show up to vote on election day. host: these actions coming before the debate on sunday night. guest: it's pretty amazing, the two supporters may not show polls that were doe showing clinton now leading by double digits. it was a separate poll that was just released this morning sponsored by politico, which debaterump after the with a deficit of only five points. any poll that was done over the weekend is going to be the low

point for donald trump. i think you stabilize, his debate performance was enough to reassure enough base republican supporters that he is still there nominee. there's not going to be a lot of panic going forward, at least, not publicly. trump is a very tough challenge to win this election. but for republicans, it's all about saving the senate majority. host: here is the "wall street journal," result of that poll. includes terry johnson and jill stein. our guest is here to talk about all of these events in the weeks of to election day. -- democrats, call (202) 748-8000, republicans, call ,202) 748-8001, independents call call (202) 748-8002. you can post in our facebook page at facebook.com/c-span. can you talk about the electoral

college? i've seen stories saying even if donald trump did so many votes by people, the electoral college still favors hillary clinton. is that true? guest: i am skeptical. you hurt a lot, that even if he can win the popular vote, he has a trouble with the electoral college. if he was not connect as he was through four weeks ago, you would see states like ohio and nevada, ororida and actually leaning in his direction when he was narrowly closing the gap with hillary clinton in the polls. when she had the momentum, clearly the states, including a lot more trump friendly straight -- states like ohio are moving in hillary clinton's direction. there is rust belt math for donald trump. if he was running a better campaign, you would certainly see the electoral college map that would be possible for trump votes.200 70 electoral

he's doing so badly in the popular vote that a lot of these states are moving away from him right now. host: third-party supporters, if you want to call, (202) 748-8003 . donna lives in hampton, virginia. republican line. you were on with our guest. though ahead. caller: -- go ahead. caller: i had a comment about the first part of the show. paul ryan is going to lose his seat. host: ok, let's start with that. guest: house speaker ship, he is going to win reelection to his house even his district. but if the house flips the democrats, and very skeptical. gerrymandering limits the number of competitive seats and self sorting them is the number of competitive seats that have been in play. come until recently, have been actually pulling money out of these suburban districts. a lot of these potentially competitive districts that would

be necessary for them to retake the house. we will see if the video changes things. the other thing is, even the most bullish polls that were conducted at his lowest point showed democrats with a seven-point advantage on the generic ballot, which is very good. if that holds, it's very likely the democrats retake the senate. havenk democrats need to nearly a 10 point advantage on the generic ballot to really have a chance to talk about taking back the house. host: the headline from "washington post," house democrats view the possibility of a powershift. guest: i am skeptical. there were polls that were taken before the video, and one that came out of the weekend in long island, a swing district, with a freshman house republican showing the republican up 15 points, even in a district where donald trump is not particularly popular. ,ou see this all across the map this minnesota area district

that republicans -- the democrats really thought they could contest the seat of erik paulsen, and a lot of money is leaving the district. suburban sees the democrats need to put in play that are not in play right now, it's hard to see how that genetically changes. ,ost: in pennsylvania independent line. caller: i'm upset the paul ryan another republicans are pulling away from donald trump now. i am in independence, i wasn't to stray was going myself over to the democrats or republicans. nominee,oning your even though he has had a video brought out about him is wrong. i'm afraid it was going to nominee, even though hehappen is donald g to get elected and then all of them republicans are going to want favors. i hope you doesn't give them to them. bitt: there is been quite a

of anecdotal evidence that in the wake of certain republicans saying they can't support donald trump, the trumpet base has been very upset about it. saturday in the midst of all this controversy, joe heck, the senate candidate in nevada who was leading in most public polls in a big swing state race was booed at a campaign appearance when he said he couldn't support a donald trump president. paul ryan at unity rally that was supposed to feature donald trump, when he was talking about his worries about what trump done, he was also booed by quite a few people. this is the dilemma the republicans face. trump is very popular, but that 35% base, they are not only -- they are not party guys. they are not people are going to say well i may like trump, but i also like a lot of republicans. they view republicans in the senate and the house as part of the establishment. they don't have a lot of desire to support these guys. once these members of congress are starting to say i can't vote for trump, the risk is that some

of their trump voters won't vote for them. host: from west virginia, democrats line. tom. caller: do you know why donald trump stood behind mrs. clinton at the debate? host: when you tell us -- why don't you tell us? guest: he's got to be center of attention. he can't stand her being on camera and him standing way off he had to do it. not because of politics, not because of nothing. he has to be center of attention when the cameras on him. guest: i think that much is true , but the interesting thing about the town hall format is that a lot of these town hall withes have to do as much body language as to what the candidates are saying. it was so negative and over-the-top that even the awkward -- when trump was pictured standing behind hillary

clinton, it was a very inopportune moment for trump. a lot of the debate content is what people will react to. host: do you think the appearances of women from bill clinton's past will show up? guest: trump is indicating that will be the case. he was campaigning and spent an awful lot of time talking about bill clinton and his scandals and saying hillary clinton defended bill clinton during that time. republican operatives will look at the polling and they will understand why he is using this tactic, because they think it is a base only strategy. if trump wants to win the presidency, he needs to win the suburban women. it is certainly rallying the base and i think his performance at the debate reassured a lot of the wary republicans. it was maybe his core supporters that were really taken aback at what happened over the weekend. they're back on board and more

reassured by the debate performance. host: let us hear from jane in annapolis, maryland. go ahead . caller: i think personally -- i am an immigrant and i'm voting for trump and i'm a woman. i'm absolutely disgusted with the republicans who are now scared of their own personal benefit in reelection. i've got to say it has nothing to do with what trump said on friday. it has everything to do with their lack of leadership over the course of four or six years and now they are scared for their own reelection. now they're are using trump again to excuse themselves for people failing to vote for them or staying away from them and not voting for them. i believe that americans are much smarter than the media. media is running this reelection

and the selection. the media is telling the voters who to vote for. they've been doing this since the clintons in the 1990's. i would call all the listeners to read the judicial watches and court cases, to buy the clean house book that talks about all the scandals and violations of the freedom of information act that voters do not know. the media is pushing out their own agenda and hillary clinton moveder for her to her own globalization policy. host: a poll found that democrats advantage on the question of which party should control congress was up a percentage point from three points last month. guest: it is very likely that they will retake the senate even if it is closer to zero.

they still have a fighting chance given how closely divided the senate is. at the same time, the house and the republicans would lose 30 seats in the house. it is still probably safe. paul ryan does not have to worry that much. that is also at the worst moment in the trump campaign. as far as the comments, she is sort of reflective of a lot of these trump supporters that make y punish down ballot republicans. they stood with donald trump despite his insults. listed with donald trump despite the fact that he insulted miss universe. he has said some of the things that were beyond the pale that people found disgusting, but they still stood with him. it was a 10-year-old videotape that pushed him over the edge? it is not really pass muster and that is why republicans were nervous about much of the coverage over the weekend and decide to belatedly ditch themselves of donald trump.

i think they will make tend up more of a political price than the one to stay the course. host: do you think this blows over? guest: i do not think this blows over. i think this will enrage a lot of college-educated voters, a lot of women, and it will certainly for trump's standing, before this video came out, the races had republicans leaving 7-10 points and the momentum with republicans. all the sudden, the dynamic is in flux. host: here is catherine from staten island, new york, independent line. go ahead. caller: good morning. i am exactly like the lady before. and i'm notendent going to vote for any of the republicans.

what business do they have to tell the people to vote for trump? who supports those people? the people vote, ok. they should go after clinton the way the democrats got after trump. why don't they do that? because they do not like the way and they do not like what trump is going to be doing and they like the way things are going so they can keep the democrats the same way it's been going on for years. the e-mails they have for her -- why does nobody talk about them? the nephew of the bushes works there. that is why. they want trump out of the business. catherine.s, cap it's another trump

supporter taking out their anger on congressional republicans of them their own nominees problems. it's a dim dynamic republicans are dealing with. if you're talking with republicans privately, and very few of them support donald trump, but they feel that they becausesupport them there are more supporters than trump skeptics. you have the bush party and the trump party and they are operating in coexistence. host: from kentucky, democrats line, lewis. caller: i am lewis from kentucky. i'm a coal miner, a union coal miner. i've had jobs taken away from us. that theyabout it is have filed bankruptcy and they made over $12 trillion and now they are taking my insurance away.

at the end of the year, i won't have no insurance. this was a written contract. paul ryan says we were a bunch of welfare people when they voted on this. mitch mcconnell did not vote across the board so would not get voted for. that is not right. i voted for trump. us -- thatat door to we have next door to us are not right. all they do is talk. they are not standing up for the working person. i'm talking about the working person, not the rich people, but the working person of this country. we don't need someone running making trillions a year. we need someone for the working person paying their bills and the insurance. uest: that's part of the dilemma for this voter in kentucky. it used to be a heavily

working-class area that was five or six years ago heavily democratic, but it has now moved heavily republican. and have these new voters part of the coalition that are very angry and disaffected, but they are i dogs with the business oriented leadership that the party has had for decades. the party is bigger than it's ever been, but they are at war with each other. the area he is from, it used to be a very working-class democratic vote. it was a big part of the clinton coalition and 92 and 96. were trumpese supporters, but they are making the republican party's life miserable as a balance between the bush and paul ryan supporters and the trump supporters. host: on twitter, all the ship jumper republicans have one thing in common -- they are all part of the establishment. guest: establishment is an interesting word. it discuss people that were once conservatives that a lot of the

more conservative elements once like. paul ryan was a hero of the conservative right not long ago and now you hear talk show hosts like sean hannity describing him as a traitor. you kind of get whiplash looking at who is in good standing with the conservative movement. ted cruz was remarkable at the convention. even after losing the primaries, he still had high approval ratings from conservative republicans. the second he decided not to support trump, his numbers plummeted back home in texas, which forced him to do a flip-flop and endorse trump later on. this is the dilemma republicans are in where voters are at all to their leadership. host: is ted cruz still sticking with trump? guest: yes, he is not withdrawn that endorsement. if you did, that would be three or four different flip-flops in the matter of a few months. host: he is with "the national " and joining us on a

conversation on campaign 2016. stock is up next in baton rouge, louisiana. caller: good morning. the videos that were brought out the other day about trump, i would rate that about a one because no one was hurt in that . other people go around raping and groping people. i rate that a 10 on a scale. for some reason, the media does not want to talk about that . not only that he didn't, but the fact that his wife tried to cover it up and belittle the ladies like it was their fault. this country has turned upside down what is good. what was good is now bad. what was bad is now good. what a world. what a world we live in.

host: that was doc in louisiana. guest: here's the problem with that voters argument -- voters care about that video. voters care about what donald trump said on the scene. it is responsible for the payment. even the polls that have come out since show a deep loss of support from women especially and among men. a lot of suburban college-educated men have lost interest in trump in the short term in the wake of the video. we are a divided country where a lot of callers make sure that viewpoint, but it's making it very difficult for him to find a path. host: in our first 45 minutes, we heard a lot of female supporting trump. those who are going to stay with him, but what about the undecided? guest: it doesn't help trump with the undecided. ked onf them have part or

gary johnson's spot. right now, republicans are focused on the senate and to a lesser extent the house. there are very few republicans who feel trump has a pathway at this point. host: ron, hello. caller: how are you doing? listen, c-span, you guys are just the greatest. you guessed, i'm very honored to speak with you, sir. bill clinton -- i don't really want to see him. i'm a democrat and i do not want to see him back in the white house. he is not going to be running the shebang. hillary is. hillary protecting her husband and everything, she did not do anything that any wife wouldn't do for her cheating husband if she found u out.