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[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2023] >> c-span 2024 coverage is your spot for the election. we follow candidates on the campaign trail with meet and greets and more. as you make up your own mind, on the c-span network, a free mobile video app or any time at c-span.org. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. >> the debate last night was supposed to focus on foreign affairs but following up on tuesday's election where abortion played a central role, the candidates also spoke about that. let's start with the headlines in the papers this morning on tuesday's election. ""the washington times," republicans burned by abortion restrictions at ballot box can't shake rhetoric from dems.

"the wall street journal," abortion right supporters rack up victories putting g.o.p. in a mind for 2024. "usa today's" headline, election lessons, abortion deliver for democrats from ohio to virginia to kentucky. from last night's debate, an exchange between senator tim scott and nickie haley, both of south carolina, on abortion. tim: i certainly as president of the united states would have a 15-week national limit and would not allow states like california, illinois, or new york to have abortion up until the day of birthday. i certainly would not allow for governors, former governor, democratic governor of virginia who talked about infanticide. we need a 15-week federal limit. 3-4 americans agree with the 15-week limit. 47-50 countries in europe agree with a 15-week limit. interest as

unethical and immoral to allow abortions of until the day of birth. we it is unethical and immoral to allow abortion up to birth. we have a responsibility to avoid that reckless behavior like new york and illinois and california. i would go a step further, in my plan we talk about blocking resources to crisis meeting nancy centers. -- we should support adoption. there are a number of ways we can say to the inspected mother we stand with you. we should not only be pro-life before the child is born. we should be pro-life after the child is born just as much. >> ambassador haley, your name was invoked. do you support a federal limit? >> i would support anything that can pass because that would save more babies and support more moms. i appreciate that tim keeps

calling me out for this. tim, there was a bill last year. lindsey graham sponsored it. you did not even cosponsor the bill. when you are first interviewed on this when you ran you would not even say you were 15 weeks. what i'm saying to the making people, let's see what we can agree on. let's bring people together and decide what we can agree on. i will sign anything where we can get 60 senate votes but don't make the american people think you will push something on them when we don't even have the votes in the senate. host: last night's third presidential debate. five candidates minus the former president. the wall street journal opinion page today. are republicans tired of all the losing? the sobering message for republicans as they are losing on abortion. the choices are unpalatable compromises or more nights in the political wilderness. the result suggests the gop's nikki haley who set a federal 15-week limit on abortion is

political fantasy is right if the gop is going to win among suburbanites and independents. if you agree with the wall street journal editorial board, let's hear from you. another headline from last night's date. here is nbc who sponsored the debate. trump rallies supporters as his rivals do get out for second place -- duke it out for second place. he received the endorsement of sanders. he did not mention the gop losses in tuesday's election. here is what he said he would do if he were to win a second term. [video] >> the economy is floundering. families are suffering and the largest growth industry in our country by far is government. the lay thing that is growing. when i am reelected we will stop joe biden's inflation disaster.

we will rebuild the greatest economy in the history of the world. we will do it. unlike ron d esanctimonious, i will protect medicare. he wanted to do bad things to it for our great senior citizens. when i get back into the oval office i will totally obliterate the deep state. we started with comey. we got rid of him and a lot of bad people. we will root out the corruption, bribery and influence in our nations capital. we will start by exposing every last crime committed by crooked joe biden. because now that he indicted me we are allowed to look at him. he did real bad things. we will restore law and order to our immunities -- communities. i will direct a completely overhauled doj to investigate every marxist prosecutor in america for their illegal racist

in reverse enforcement of the law. on day one i will sign a new executive order to cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content onto our children. i will not give one penny to any school that has a vaccine mandate or a mask mandate. host: now you have heard a little bit from last night's debate hosted by nbc in the former president's rally, both taking place in miami. kimberly from illinois, democratic color. you are up first. caller: hi greta. thanks for taking my call. host: we are listening. caller: no one is asking why can't a woman make that decision between her and her doctor?

why does it have to be a politician making the decision for us? are we going to have politicians about making treatment for heart disease? this is so ridiculous. in terms of late-term abortions, that is not happening. it is only happening in instances where the woman's life or the baby's life is at risk. it is so ridiculous. you have states now -- i treat -- i'm a nurse practitioner. we treated women that have wanted pregnancy. they went through all the fertility treatments to get pregnant. oh, now i have breast cancer. now i have to make the decision between two i went treatment for my early-stage breast cancer or wait until i have the baby. this decision should be between a doctor and a woman, not between politicians that have no

idea what they are talking about. host: that is the message that democrats hit on over and over and over again. this is a decision between women and their doctors. would you ever vote for a republican, or is there an issue you agree with republicans on but abortion is front and center? caller: i would certainly vote for a republican if they felt it is wrong to infringe on a woman's personal space between her and her doctors. those decisions should be made -- it frustrates me. nikki haley is a woman who was running to be president. yet she feels she needs to be -- her daughter needs to be a slave to a state. if you are in a state where you

are restricting abortion rights, you are the slave to that state from the time you reach puberty until you reach menopause. it's ridiculous. as a woman i feel that is -- with nikki haley, i like her and i think she is incredible smart. that is just wrong. if you are smart enough to become president, but as a woman we cannot make our own decisions about our bodies. that is ridiculous. host: front page of the washington times. from the reporting by susan -- a july ap poll found 51% of adult support keeping abortion legal up to 15 weeks of pregnancy. virginia governor glenn youngkin campaign on that limit as he sought to define the democratic position as extreme and without any limits at all. the proposed restrictions did not sell with voters in virginia. the once conservative state that mean increasingly democratic --

that has been leaning increasingly democratic. good morning, fred. caller: good morning. i agree with camberley. she said some -- with kimberly. only if there was a problem with the mother's life is in danger or the fetus is not viable. chris christie said abortion in the ninth month. i don't think we need more unwanted babies in this country. i agree with the policy here in new jersey. no restrictions at all. the republicans really gave themselves a problem when they put three new justices on the supreme court and overturned roe v. wade. the american people are not with

them on this issue. host: ok fred. gary, adams, new york. caller: i am a very christian person. i don't believe in abortion. that is life. i feel that we need a president that will stand up and help the american people. i believe mr. trump gets a chance, he can do that for our country. host: the headline we showed earlier said that republicans on the debate stage last night in miami were duking it out for second place. sounds like the former president is your first choice. who is your second choice? caller: i would think the gentleman from texas maybe. host: the gem