speakers include jonah goldberg. it is part of a conference by the american political science association. this portion is just under an hour and a half. [applause] >> thank you, gene. is a pleasure to be here. people are looking for big republican gains in the midterm elections. low approvals of congress, presidential ratings, a bad ratio of what is called the " right track/wrong track" poor economic conditions and poor perceptions of the economy by voters, an advantage by republicans issue-by-issue on each of the issues that are pulled at the moment, which is a dramatic change from two years ago and four years ago, and sea- by-seat, there is a lot more honorable democrats then bolar republicans. it would seem to be likely -- there is a lot more vulnerable democrats than vulnerable republicans. no two elections are ever the same. there are limits to any attempt to find analogies. of course, we are handicapped at this moment by the minor detail of not knowing the actual result. [laughter] that imposes a further limit

. >> jonah's tic that he has right now is one where he takes off and runs.ead. one night he -- when i put him to bed, he had said that he wished that god would just let him sleep and not wake up. so that's hard to hear from your 10-year-old. >> we tried most of the drugs out there available for tourette's. >> the side effects are unbelievable. suicidal thoughts. depression. blurry vision. but doctors said if you're not going to drug him then he strongly suggested we go with the deep brain stimulation surgery. >> we feel we have to have the surgery done just to at least give him a shot at a more normal life. >> today is jonah's surgery. >> yes, a little overwhelming, considering how long we've been waiting for it. >> we've never considered dds for a patient who did not have tourette's severe enough that it really interfered with their quality of life. >> we're going to interrupt the abnormal signal that's interfering and causing the tics in jonah. >> this is the best point that we want to go down. >> the degree of improvement varies, but there are a few patie

it's good to follow jonah. we do this quite a bit. from now on i'll insist i go first, jonah.e are all moving down slowly. i'd like to pick up where he left off with broad perspectives about liberalism. i'm struck by the moment of where we are right now based on those comments which there are a lot of interesting analysis going on about liberals that we must remember is best understood by a lot of analysis of people done in this room. there's scholars from claremont, myself, and others. going back to some scholarship that grew out of the 1950s, people like forest mcdonald that launched the attack and the federalist papers and especially the work of harry jackman. all of that is important to explain the moment we are in today. those views do not dominate political science. as a very quick look at the schedule of the american political science association will prove a great length if you look at it over the course of the last say 50 years. you see, the left has long maintained what they call the modern administrative state is inevitable, permanent, and ever-expanding. the ride t

jonah. malia. isaiah. jeremiah. and that's makai. >> it's easy for me, i make nickname. number one.umber three -- >> there's still a hole -- >> i fix the hole. i'm sorry. i'm working now. i clean everything for you. oh. i make mistake i clean that half. >> oh, the boy fighting with the girl. >> naughty. >> you want some egyptian music for him? >> yes, that sounds good. [ singing in foreign language ] i'm sorry, sim sorry. quiet now. >> your voice -- very strong. >> like you. let's do that together. one, two, three -- >> what's wrong with you? what's wrong with your laugh? >> i laugh like you. >> oh, my gosh. >> i love the smile. very nice smile. she's a smile like -- it's smile, stop, smile, stop. good power, this lady. >> no one could laugh like yeyha. there's no way. >> look. i'm done. okay? >> okay. >> he worked very hard on the ceiling. there's still a bit of a crack there, but he tried. and that's all that matters. >> i work very hard all day. you need a break. you and me. >> okay. sure. let's have a break. >> let's go! i take picture with you -- >> okay. >> look. >> hey, aqua

. >> charlie: you call it project jonah? >> yes.ause prophet jonas was eaten by a whale and rescued from the bowel of the whale and we are going to rescue these miners from the bowel of the earth, and therefore, it was so emotional. i cannot tell you my feelings when i knew that they were alive. i was there. i was in the mine, and i have dreamed so many times of the day when they would come out out surface. >> charlie: a national day. of celebration. >> to be with their mother, father, sons, daughters. >> charlie: a great story. >> it is a great story. >> charlie: and a continuing great story. sebastian pinera, president of chile, we are deeply pleased that he stopped by on his visit to the united nations and to the united states to come see us. thank you. >> thank you, charlie, for this opportunity. >> charlie: earlier today, president obama spoke with the impasse between iran and the international community over nuclear program. addressing the united nations general assembly in new york, he said. >> the united states and the inter

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. >> reporter: after having their biological son, jonah, lori had seven miscarriages.adopting ellie seemed natural, but after taking her home, they quickly noticed the newborn's inability to bond. >> the cuddling and always wanting to be near and touching you and whatnot, ellie didn't want to have anything to do with that. >> she was just full of rage, this unimaginable rage for such a young child. >> reporter: after adopting ellie, lori became pregnant again. when she was 8 months along, a 2-year-old ellie's tantrum turned physically dangerous. >> she was giving me a tussle at the top of the stairs, and i was trying to redirect her away from the stairs, but she pulled me down the stairs. >> reporter: after younger sister talia was born, she became a frequent target of ellie's outbursts. >> she hit me for no reason or punched me. >> reporter: ellie's development was also very delayed. it took 39 different doctors to finally get an answer. at 3 1/2 she was diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome. >> she was really already as a 3-year-old completely out of control. she had

speakers include jonah goldberg from the national review and matthew spaull in from the heritage foundation. that is live starting at 4:15 p.m. on c-span2 and more on the outlook of elections tonight as charlie cook joined senator, jennifer duffy and david wasserman. they talk about house, senate and gubernatorial races. that begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. falling that at 9:00 p.m. eastern, the california senate race between incumbent barbara boxer and republican candidate carly fiorina. >> tonight, "book tv" primetime looks to the stars. >> join our conversation on the american revolution, the making of the constitution and the importance of its historical study sunday with pulitzer prize winner gordon wood on "book tv's" in depth. that will begin at noon eastern on c-span2. >> now the annual labor briefing from the afl-cio. speakers include afl-cio president richard trumka. this is about 50 minutes. >> first, we will go to remarks and then open it up for questions and answers. i would like to introduce afl- cio president richard trumka. >> good morning and thank you all for joining us. this

here to give us the true facts, national review on-line editor at large and fox news contributor jonah what did you find when you looked into what many people think is a rash of anti-islamic behavior in the country? >> well, first of all, this talk about the anti-muslim backlash isn't new. it just comes up every six, eight to 12 months. every year, people have been talking about this anti-muslim backlash. a lot of muslim activist groups say this is anti-muslim backlash and you can go back every year including to right after 9/11 and you'll find that the number of incidents of anti-muslim hate crimes according to the f.b.i., you know, crime statistics is -- is shockingly small. in fact, crimes against jews almost every single year outnumber crimes against muslims by something like 6-1. >> it's amazing when you look at the stats. let's look at them. so there were 481 incidents in 2001. there were only 28 in 2000. that was the year of 9/11. they dropped to 155 incidents in 2002. 149 incidents in 2003 and hovered around the mid 100's since. as you point out, when you look at the hate crime

a washington state man says his son, 26-year-old army chief warrant officer jonah mcclellan was amongmission and the cause of the crash are still unclear. there are conflicting reports whether technical problems or the taliban brought the helicopter down. >> the $726 billion defense bill on hold after failing in the senate yesterday. that means service members will not get a pay raise and the measure to repeal don't ask, don't tell and the dream act that would have given some young illegal immigrants a green card may now be revisited only in a lame duck session. they're planning a vote on the campaign transparency bill. they put too much stuff in it so they couldn't get consensus. >> shocking secret now that could rewrite history. the sinking of the titanic caused by a wrong turn. that's the claim in a new book by the granddaughter of the most senior officer to survive the 1912 disaster. louise patent says a crew member used the wrong steering system and turned right instead of left hitting the iceberg. to make things worse, the ship could have been saved if it would stay still instea