in state. the fact of the matter is they've remained very constant over the last five, six years. but you had the ability, governor, to do as i did which was to freeze college tuition. for your first three years in office you never did it. in fact, one of your biggest accomplishments was to force a 40% increase in college tuition. right up on an election year, yes, you did something different and froze it for one year. we are the only state in the country to go four years in a row without a penny's increase to college tuition and i'm proud of that. furthermore, the property tax, governor, you actually did vote to increase the property tax and you know you did it and did you it at the board of public works and perhaps you thought no one would notice that. [ loss of audio ] >> i'm -- denise, i get to respond here because it's important. the ads have been running. i didn't bring up the fact that property tax went up. you're right. thank now reminding me -- thank you for reminding me of that. gover

in the state of alabama ordaz -- it is a red states. -- in the state of alabama -- it is a red state. my son has been in the army since 1999. he has had several deployments to iraq. i would get the coura to call in about award. host: thank you, lydia. overall, we have the statistics on the number of males to females that call in. libya says she gothe courage to call and we would encourage -- lydia said she got the courage to call and we would encourage more females to call in. you can see the average caller is 70 dozen mailed to 16,000 females. -- 70,000 male callers to 16,000 females. here is another tweet. let's turn to the newspaper >> we are going to leave this now and go live to the national press club. brian moynihan is expected this afternoon to talk about the state of the global economy, and the news today that the company is halting foreclosures in many states. >> tarp allow the federal government to take stakes. it was regarded and heralded as "the end of wall street as we know it." in many ways, the banking sector and wall street are continuing along today. bank of america

i worked with the state farm agents in the state to beg them not to leave our state. unfortunately, rick, you need to understand that for so many people here in the state of florida, citizens' property insurance is the only choice they have. it is not the insurer of last resort, it is the only ensure they have. so the only way for us to get ourselves out of such a heavy reliance on citizens' property insurance company is to be sure that we have the policies in place, as i will do as governor, to attract global capital and come back in our state and compete for our business. i know i can do it. >> you have had for years. in four years, this is what has happened. insurance companies have left the state. you have not solve the problem in the last four years. why would you think you could even saw that in the next four years? you have not proposed anything to deal with a sinkhole risk. nothing happened with regard to that. more insurance companies are leaving all the time. state farm is not excited about being in the state. nothing yet done so far has worked. >> i want to

the states. i had met with the share of clark county. i have also spoken with sheriff's throughout rural nevada. we do not need an arizona style all in the state of nevada. however, at the time came and a state -- and a bill was presented, i would talk to all the interested constituencies. always be with all enforcement. i would speak with the latin community. i would speak with the business community to see if this is a law that would work in the state of nevada. >> we need comprehension immigration reform. we need to have a federal approach. different states do different things. the problem will just move around the country and never be result. immigration needs to be tough but fair. we need to have undocumented workers pay whenever clients they of. we need them to earn -- learn english. we need them to go to the back of the line and go to the process to become citizens. >> my opponent is not -- has not responded to the question. i do support the arizona law because it was a valid response to a

the rich states, the poor states, there is information about the future economic state of states. colorado has a strong economic future. taber must stay in place. one is our low property taxes. one is our balanced budget amendment. i do not see any conflict there. it makes a strong and healthy. amendment 23 needs to be reexamined. they have been a hog at trough for 10 years. graduation rates are not going up. dropout rates are not going down. scores are not going up. we cannot continue to throw good money after bad at k through 12 without more accountability. 23 is the first on my radar, not because i don't treasure public schools. i have a 15-year-old 2 was a public high school sophomore. i have a 7-year-old -- i think he is still seven. [laughter] he is in second grade. i want great public schools. throwing money at it will not solve the problem. 23 is causing an imbalance. if we had enough revenue in our state and our coffers were full with the right kind of executive leadership, we would not be debating this at all. we only debate when we have bad leadership and not enough tax

we begin we state legislators. they may not enjoy as much limelight as those in washington, they do control more than $1 trillion in spending and have as much impact on your life as anyone in congress which is why you may find a surgery in bad behavior that ranges from koreany to criminal. here's brian ross with how far the decay has spread. >> reporter: in statehouses across the country, while few have been watching, a california lawmaker was caught on tape talking about his sexual conquests. texas legislators were seen casting votes for their absent colleagues. a new york state senator was seen assaulting his girlfriend. a massachusetts lawmaker was caught on fbi cameras stuffing a bribe into her bra. >> one, two, three, four, five -- >> reporter: and in one state after another, powerful state lawmakers, who control hundreds of millions of dollars in spending, have been sent to prison after taking envelopes full of cash from undercover fbi agents. our abc news investigation found that in the last five years, at l

i am your united states senator and i want to keep on being your united states senator so i can stand with you and say with president obama in his message of hope, change, and opportunity. it is wonderful to be here at the least eight. -- it is wonderful to be here at bowie state. and to be here in the great state of maryland. it is a high honor and a great privilege that president obama is joining us today. i am with him in some new ways -- in so many ways. i want you to hear today the message he speaks every single day. it is a message that you want to hear and we need to do something about it. hope, opportunity, and change. [cheers and applause. ] -- [cheers and applause] there is another party out there that wants to silence us. we will not be silenced. we need jobs in this country. we will continue to speak up for the working class and middle class here in the united states of america. in order to do that, we need to stand up and have brought and -- and have a barack barack obama. when he came to washington and to the white house, one of the very first bills we got through, we wo

he does not carry the values that this state needs in the united states senate to put people back to work. robert wexler is a personal friend and left office in the middle of his term, came back to florida to endorse the governor. i have a lot of democratic supporters and independent supporters. this race is far from over. the governor says he is the only one and marco rivera says he wants to bring about change. i am the only one sitting here at this table that is willing to stand up to special interests and have a track record to prove it. the democratic and independent and republican voters will look at me and know that i am the candidate that qualifies and stood up for educators in this state by bringing about smaller class sizes that both of these individuals were against when they were in the state legislature. i stood up for the increase in the minimum wage in this state. my other two opponents were against it. when you think about the middle class and democratic voters, i am the pro-choice candidate. i am the pro-environment candidate 100%. it is very important through these d

and we hope this partnership with the united states and between the united states and afghanistan willn will not see with concern and at the same time, we hope that our neighborhood and our neighborly relations with iran are not seen in any other way by our friends and partners in the united states. >> larry: how about the story that authorities in your country, southwestern afghanistan, seized 19 tons of explosive devices transferred from the border in iran? is that an effort by iran to interfere with coalition efforts? >> well, events like that, discoveries like that, news like that emerging from our neighbors, whether it's pakistan or iran, is of concern to us, of course. and this is an issue that we have talked with our neighbors and will continue to talk to our neighbors. and i hope we will be able to resolve this transport of explosive materials and arms and ammunition to afghanistan or from afghanistan -- if it's happening. this is an ongoing headache for all of us and i hope we can resolve it. >> larry: have you talked about it with ahmadinejad? >> we have discussed all these i

they have a state of peace.id not run for office to have taxpayers pay for my car, my insurance, and my guess. i pushed those items back that the person. people are working hard enough to pay their own bills. we are not one to rely on the taxpayers to foot that bill for me. >> my opponents are doing what career politicians do, running negative ads. the truth is, these are tough economic times. they are treating record unemployment. now they will say anything to get elected. we need a bold new direction. we will lower property taxes. we will work to create jobs. career politicians made this mess. they cannot fix it. they cannot fix it.

united states because they are state agencies and sometimes they use those powers of the state to enforce this pull it what you would call political correctness i think that's where really crosses the line and you know that it's very difficult and i think it's telling that you know this show none of us really are are standing up for the power of the state to be able to tell you what you can say and what you think and i'm really glad to see that i think most people really there just isn't there isn't something they think is acceptable ok if i could one thing i will say is that. one reason why we're so obsessed with the language of politicians is because they do have a bully pulpit they do set examples. the way they speak because we think that they are in somehow representative of the state you know we are we obsessed with the way sarah palin or barack obama or in the usa david cameron here in the u.k. we're obsessed with how they speak and we obsess with them using this inclusive language of political correctness because the very act of them speaking even in a private situation gets broadc

and it could be anywhere, king state, phlegm and state. we have a great system. the lack of leadership displayed in the last few years, that is the most important thing facing us right now. >> how can higher education be more affordable? >> first, i want to get back to john stevens saying he is going to get higher agitation by 10%. that is going to drive tuition increases here in new hampshire upwards of 20%. that is unacceptable. at a time when states all over this country are slashing aid for public education, we kept our commitment for public education and fully funded our commitment to public education. we have a program called a running start, that i talked about earlier, that allows students in high school to take courses for their collegeville -- college degree, making college more affordable. >> ok, mr. lynch, and start to jump in there. tom has the last question for our candidates. if you could keep it brief. >> during the past hour we have heard a lot of disagreement. governor, what ideas did john stevens bring up that you liked? >> i will have to think

this is the state program paid for by state and federal funds.nderstanding is time limits are not allowed under federal rules. that is a question from vicki in green bay. >> how would you budget for the ever-growing state human services program? >> thank you for your question. >> on a bipartisan basis, i worked with governor tommy thompson, and it is my intent to do everything i can to preserve badger care in our current form. this is a program that allows people to get off welfare. we had a problem where too many people could only get low-paying jobs. it made more economic sense for them to get welfare. scott, at this very table in the last debate, said he would put a time limit on this program. apparently someone called in the next day and said that he could not. i would not put a time limit on this program, because if you do that, people will be forced out of jobs. i think it is important for people to have health care. it is very important to do everything you can. scott has talked about cutting hundreds of thousands of people. he is going to

on a close only fundamental changes in the state clinton people's minds want to change . forty two thousand americans die each year from car accidents only a thousand. seven hundred thousand people. and thirty two thousand will kill themselves cancer in all its forms kills five hundred sixty thousand of us here part disease is even more devastating it kills over eight hundred seventy thousand americans every year. and if you say. welcome back to cross talk i'm peter lavelle remind you we're talking about modern media diversity. and you can. see it. but first let's see what russians think about this issue. as digital media channels multiply from obama to internet messmate is a role in society has become more problematic than ever while previously the so-called fourth estate was an essential check and balance for democracy diversity in new media is itself becoming a source of controversy and russian public opinion sent a poll assessed the section of diversity in mass media fifty three percent of respondents said media broadly reflect the needs of society thirty three percen

what the state does for its people and is the state in the position to provide that. i believe the state is in that best position. >> senator murkowski >> what this young woman needs won't be denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions. that was one of big initiatives, how we deal with exactly that. now we can get in all kinds of debate in healthcare reform and reformed healthcare. one of the things that republicans and democrats alike agreed on, we needed to resolve this issue of denial of insurance because of pre-existing conditions. that is one thing contained in this healthcare bill. i voted against it. there are a few things that need to be in there when we deal with healthcare reform down the road. but pre-existing conditions is key. >> mr. mcadams what do you say? >> many americans are in job lock. to leave their jobs because of pre-existing conditions. vote no or yes. senator murkowski voted to appeal healthcare reform. there's 150 republican amendments attached to bill. it could be called mitch o'connels bill. >> please give your answer in 30 seconds.

this is more of a state issue. if this was passed and it did affect 20%, i would not have a problem with that and i would dare say that your local community leaders and would not have a problem with either. >> mr. boozman, a one-minute or bottle. i would say that when you talk about a fair tax, you're talking about getting rid of all the federal taxes. there is a predate built-in to take care of those in poverty. i think it is an interesting concept and is to be looked at. -- that needs to be looked at. it is interesting. we talked about school scholarships and things like that and methods of funding, the lottery system is probably the most regressive thing that we can do. ies, you look at the county i the poorest counties in the state are hurt the most. i do not know exactly how that would be affected, but i am in favor of tax reform. i am in favor of making it simple and fair. that is what the people of arkansas are asking me to do. is this something that will be decided offhand? this will take the president supp

and then his and will be treated as an apartheid state sure ok even an apartheid state that claims to be a democracy. israel is a democracy it's nowhere near an apartheid state and what hasn't been mentioned fascinatingly so in the show up to now is the terrorism is that when israel in ninety three signed the oslo accords and we gave the palestinian police force the guns because you know as they do today they say they run around and they do their thing what we got in return were years and years of terrorism jews being blown up jews and arabs everybody being blown up in coffee shops on buses we left gaza we threw ten thousand jews out of their homes we transfer ten thousand jews not arabs but jews and destroy their communities and what we got in return was this terrorist state just south of tel aviv there not just threatens israel but it's apparently become a base for critical al-qaeda and all the joyful people in the world and so israelis aren't stupid and israelis more than anybody want to live in peace but we also understand we've put our hand to peace and yet we see textbooks that

between the united states and european states then we have this big big problem that. the same requirements that for us in europe are normal cannot be met within the usa so this is an ongoing debate in lots of issues in the us except expect us to adapt to their standards but it's very difficult to convince them that they should alter to ours concerning especially data protection we have to collaborate that's clear if there is a clear. case about some people about some transfers then we really have to go for it but if it is mass state out that proves processed this can be misused and we really have difficulties to control which you the u.s. makes of the data that they get we still. see member states that are reluctant to agree to that because they seem to have not the same rights on the other side of the atlantic firstly and secondly the structure of the databases in the u.s. and in europe is very diverse for years the united states was the biggest preacher of tolerance in the world but contemporary us society is losing its reputation as a free and open one xenophobia a

american foreign reporting in atlanta we go to shawn powers he's an assistant professor at georgia state university and in new york we cross to peter hart the activism director at fairness and accuracy in reporting and another member of our cross talk team and the hunger all right if i can go to you sean first why are the two things are going on here obviously there are new global english language stations coming on line r.t. came on line five years ago or less than that was al jazeera press t.v.'s out there right now but chinese are going to be pouring an enormous amount of money into an english lobel english language station but at the same time there are people that are afraid of the stations in the united states so some people want more news a different perspective and other people appear to be afraid of that perspective what is some of the trends that you see. well there's there's certainly a massive amount of government investment or reinvestment international broadcasting is as you pointed out and the english language along with the arabic language are both priorities for most gov

as a state, oklahoma rates as one of the most unhealthy states in the nation.how do you feel about fitness as an answer to chronic illness and health issues and how you plan to address the crisis that has been called an epidemic? >> thank you. help is an issue in the state of oklahoma. they-steps have been made in the state capital to work with the kids coalition to the get nutrition in our schools. a few years ago and effort was made to remove some of the soft drinks from the vending machines, at least at the elementary level, and try to work our way up to make short work healthy choices were offered in the vending machines at our schools. wendy to figure out a way not to just get the kids more active, we need to get families involved. i have several friends who have different ideas, but one i really like has an idea that if you want to change the help of a family, then you need to change the attitude, the knowledge, and the information of the mother or whoever is head of the household. the mother is usually the one in charge of the meals. if we can teach our

states contiguously. fight for stevens' style earmark, for appropriations of any sort that gets our state developed. affordable energy, reliable transportation, basic in structure and educated populous is the backbone of any economy. >> greta: has the democratic party been of help to you? >> they have helped. i'm proud of our ability to raise money. we've out-fun raised miller and murkowski combined in the last 45 days. >> greta: how is president obama doing? >> i think that he is doing fair. i will -- i think there is much of his promises left to be developed. >> greta: coming up, it is a fact, there is a feud in the republican party here in alaska. governor sarah palin enforced -- endorsed miller can murkowski leave miller in the dust as a write-in? >> and part two of our interview christine o'donnell. who is the republican she most add fires? is the media getting -- admires? is the media getting unher skin? find out, coming up. [ male ann] opportunity is a powerful force. set it in motion... and it goe

many of these processes around foreclosure are under state law, the processes vary from state to state. and so we're coordinating closely with them to make sure that we have the authorities to enforce where we find those problems. >> lehrer: but as we speak now, you do not know how widespread the problem, is correct? is that correct to stay? >> what i would say is that we are investigating as quickly and as comprehensively as possible how pervasive these issues are. obviously there are problems here because servicers have acknowledged it and have put mortartor ya in place to be able to correct those problems and we support the fact that they've stopped those processes to review them and fix them. and any other servicer that finds these issues should be doing that. what i would say is that we have found, based on the reviews so far, concerns with the processes not just on paperwork but on earlier in the process where servicers should be working under f.h.a. requirements to keep people in their home. what i would also say, though, is we have not found those issues across the board. and s

united states of america. in higher education, let's look at the possibility of increasing productivity on the part of professors in these institutions. go from 13 hours on average in the classroom per week to 30 hours per week. it does not have to be every institution. that would save $50 million for the state -- just that one change. >> john hickenlooper? >> obviously, education is critical to all of us, higher ed especially. that is why i chose my running mate who has experience running community colleges and csu pueblo. there was a bill that provided that colleges and universities could raise tuition if necessary. how do we make sure we do not price lower-income families out of higher education? if tuition goes up, how do we get scholarships? there is a matching gift that allowed us to go out and -- go out to every classroom and say, if you work hard enough, we will guarantee you go to college. that is a big part of the spirit we can see technology is a tool to improve the data -- that is a big part of thi

it kind of depends what state you are in, in florida, in colorado, states with key race. we do seat republicans edging out but a state like nevada that has that marque reid-angle race it is almost dead even. so that is not quite reflect hag that enthusiasm gap we are seeing nationally with the republicans having that edge. >> ifill: if there is a wave as the republicans say there is going to be, which are the-- who are the people who each party is watching most closely on that? >> well, they have to get their partisan, their most committed supporters to the polls first and to doubt we see that is what barack obama has been doing nonstop. he's going to democratic strongholds and trying to rally that base. but this is a story about independence. we cannot forget for all the talk that you and i have had about tea party enthusiasm and all of this energy on the right and how drummed that up conservative wing of the party is, elections in america are still about independent voters. and take a look at this poll out today from gweground "polit4 percent are leaning republican, 30%

you say our state is the same as any other state in this economy. how can you call each other names? >> gov. quinn [unintelligible] i have paid every time my code. -- dime i owed. he has racked up a $13 billion budget deficit, because he has not redefined state government at a level we can afford. just last week, the urban institute issued a statement saying curvature quinn is the worst deadbeat governor when it comes to funding -- gov. quinn is the worst deadbeat the the governor when it comes to funding expenditures. we need someone who will balance our budget so local agencies can work to provide the services with and what they receive. >> indiana has a higher unemployment rate then illinois. months after months of declining unemployment, we have a long way to go. we are starting to grow jobs. boeing is taking jobs from its 08 -- from missouri and bringing them to illinois. i do not want to cut the minimum wage like brady, a millionaire, who does not pay any income tax. minimum wage people do pay income tax. that is not right. >> that brings us t

republicans have said california, compare it to the rest of the states per capita, the state has a lot more welfare benefits than anybody else in the country. >> this although so relies on e unions giving back. the leadership says it we're confident it will happen and much worse if we don't rad fi. is there a sense they will follow along with the leadership. how done have a deal is this budget? >> that weighs a goas a good qu the california budget and one of the things schwarzenegger said, he wouldn't sign it without the reforms. and also agreed to a deal with the sciou and any employee hired after november would have fewer pension benefits that current employees and combined with other agreements reached with other unions he says could save the state over $130 billion over the next years. >> that could be a leg gas. it. >> it could but nothing to stop the next governor from doing away with it with the stroke of a pen. >> present retirees will not be affected, only those coming in later. did that help him getting an agreement with the unions? >> that's correct. the unions fought hard a

but that level of interest has not been assigned to state and local governments get. this is where the doors open to other levels of government to take up the initiative spirited through the obama administration. there is nothing that says that any of those laws, federally speaking, the state to local governments are precluded from moving forward. san francisco is no stranger from initiating a law that is then followed by state and federal government. this is not something that we are stranger to. if we are able to investigate what i think would be seen as a pilot program for other municipalities, so be it. if the challenge is to align the municipalities, i see that as a welcome problem. but the absence of any law whatsoever in the state of california should be considered unacceptable. in the discussions with the city attorney during the orchestration of this particular law, there is no unintended consequence with regards to the concerns articulated by the representatives of the manufacturers. lip balm and toothpaste would not be included in this particular law. there

state law.nd we really have time -- it's -- there's no equities on the other side. and mr. brown could no longer argue that he was invalidly convicted or sentenced. but when it turned out that the urgency was really of the state's own making, and that's just what the court said, then all of a sudden, you know, they basically said back off, we're not going to shorten the time to appeal a lower court ruling that lifted an injunction that allowed these new procedures to take effect and we're not going to shorten our time to review it and the federal judge said i'm not going to shorten my time to decide whether these procedures are constitutional. just because you're running out of drugs, which you didn't really tell us ahead of time. so it was a fiasco, all right, and it really led to questions about kind of who's rung the sh show here. >> there's this controversy over the one drug versus three-drug protocol. why is california sticking with the three-drug when some of these states are doing just th

the analyzer state through ri. last year was purchased and an acquired by a o ko company, bel brewer. state that's slowly seeing this erode and looking for solutions in the new economy. we're not as hard hit but we're struggling and that's the key issue. people will vote with their pocketbooks. he was sc she was viewed as a sharp candidate. no candidate seems to be able to drum the economic atmosphere so, i think they may score points with the medicare and social security, but you know that's just on chatter to the real issue of the economy. and in the voters mind it's the economy, not doing well, the democrats are in power and that's who they're going to take it out on. everything else a distraction. host: as we wrap up. any big name visitors either from the white house or from gop leader? what will make the difference one way or another in this race? guest: i was surprised so see any big name democrats. joe biden was here but when the president came in earlier this summer he did a fundraiser and roy blunt used th

i want to be your next yet states senator. let the world and now -- united states senator. when you vote, we all win. thank you. >> thank you, kendrick meek, and to everyone that i participated in the debate tonight. we ask you all to please vote on november 2. thank you for watching tonight. have a good night. [applause] >> the midterm election are less than two weeks away, and each night we are showing the dates from key races around the nation. tonight, we will start at 8:00 p.m. eastern with live coverage of the illinois governor debate. then, it is florida condo governor debate, pa.'s u.s. senator debate, and connecticut's u.s. senate debate. it is being reported today that in the pennsylvania debate -- senate race, the democratic candidate has pulled ahead. both candidates will debate tonight. you can see it at 10:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. "the washington post" is reporting that a liberal- leaning pact is putting money into democratic house seats considered to be in danger. they're spending nearly two million dollars for campaign ads in a half-dozen races. >> an

our state is struggling. we have deep problems in the state. we need to define the differences between governor quinn's kicking the can down the road and what i think is a blueprint for illinois. we've laid out the blueprint. we said we have to trim state spending to our needs. we have to build revenues into our budget to pay back the backlog of unpaid bills so we don't bankrupt the state's deficit with debt that on the bs of the taxpayers. >> i want to ask all of us here to recognize the harwork -- hard work done by everyone who helped set up this debate. [applause] this activity, as you can see from the turnout, has been open to all members of the illinois community. if you are a member, it's great to have you back in the club house. if you are new to the union league club, this is a terrific introduction to the kind of things we do. you will find a flier outside about an upcoming violence prevention panel taking place in october. i commend it to your attention and we hope you will attend that activity here or some of our other public program

we have a unique, unbreakable bond with the state of israel between the state of florida and our countryy my first trade mission was to israel as governor of florida. and i went there with robert wexler, whose support i'm proud to have in this race for the u.s. senate, a great former congressman from south florida. >> let me then move you to afghanistan, where we're now learning that president hamid karzai is talking to high-level representatives of the taliban in afghanistan, for an overall peace settlement. now, these are the same people that the u.s. went in to drive out of afghanistan. now the person that we are protecting and backing up and a lot of people have real questions about hamid karzai. i mean, even his mental stability has been questioned. whether he's really up to the job of putting together at government in afghanistan, in question by u.s. officials. and now he's talking to people that the u.s. within the in to drive out. is that acceptable? if there were a peace agreement between the taliban and the government in afghanistan, is that an acceptable way for this war to en

a horrific home invasion in state of connecticut. a father lost his wife and two daughters in a brutal rape and murder rampage. now, the case is with the jury and we're live at the courthouse. from the journalists of fox news. this is a special edition of "fox report," tonight with limited commercial interruptions. back in 60 seconds. >> shepard: the first day of october and that means the supreme court is back in session. for the first time in the history of this nation, three women are on the bench. elena kagan on the right, joining justice sonia sotomayor. and ruth bader ginsberg. they'll hear whether church members have a right to protest at military funeral, even if they hold signs like this one reading "thank god for dead soldiers." this afternoon, judge andrew napolitano predicted the supreme court will side with the protesters. >> this court even with kagan, have a tradition to uphold rights in areas that are disgusting. one could predict they'll find this as hateful and horrible as it is similarly protected speech. >> protes

she served in the state legislature as the state rep. in 2006, she was elected lieutenant governor of oklahoma. ladies and gentlemen, the lieutenant governor. [applause] now, before we begin tonight debate, i would like to review the format and the rules. it candidate will be allowed to make a three minute opening statement. each panelist has 30 seconds to ask his or her question. panelist cannot ask a follow-up question or ask the candidate to clarify our position. should they desire a follow-up question, they must wait for their next turn. each candidate will take turns responding first. at the end of the debate, each candidate may give a closing statement not to exceed three minutes. please refrain from applauding during the questioning. you may applaud after the opening and closing remarks. let me introduce our panelists. it was determined by a coin toss and that the lieutenant governor would make the first opening statement. >> thank you to those who are in the audience and those who are watching tonight. for those of you who are wa

i think that it's just tried the patience of many voters in this state. >> ifill: joel, in a state whereevery single ballot is being cast by mail, how does that play out? >> it plays out as a kind of three-week election campaign. but to go to your previous question, we're kind of... we still make things that the world wants to buy. people come here to start new lives and so on. we've had something we haven't seen in many many years in the northwest. that is uncertainty. people are mulling a decision between two very clear and very different alternatives in this election. it's going to be close here too. we may actually take a couple of weeks beyond the election with the country looking at us to count those ballots. >> ifill: we'll see you on turkey day then joel connelly and jim o'toole. thank you both very much. >> thanks, gwen. >> thank you. >> lehrer: next tonight a >> lehrer: next, a new killer in a country that has known a lot of war. from bosnia, special correspondent kira kay reports on the fight against breast cancer. ♪ i run for hope >> reporter: to the sound of american rock st

the public in our polling stated very clear preferences for what they want from state government. the challenge is that given the current fiscal crisis, it's hard to see how policy makers are going to be able to give them everything that they want. >> susie: let's look at what some of those preferences are that you outlined in your report. for starters the public thinks that statement government, too big and too wasteful. were you surprised by that reaction from the people that you surveyed? >> no. i think being too big, we've heard before. but more of the respondents were concerned about how effectively and efficiently government operated. in fact most of them thought that state government could cut spending significantly without affecting services. in some cases 20% or more. it's remarkable, you look at california, 20% would be 16 billion dollars. cutting $16 billion without affecting services would be tough. >> susie: and speaking of services, one thing they said they do want to keep the essentials, the public wants public school education and health services to stay intact, an

it then adopt amendments at the state level than adopt a state level fire code. the 2010 california fire code was published. this is what it looks like. it will become effective throughout california on january 1, 2011. local jurisdictions have 180 days to adopt their own commitments in the form of an ordinance, and that is why we are here today. in general, the proposed 2010 fire code carries forward the 2007 san francisco fire code without substantive modification. the primary changes and new requirements are described in the legislative digest that was described to you. i would like to provide a brief overview of the injured -- the issues that have generated interest to bring them to your attention. we are proposing to adopt the california state fire marshal solar photovoltaic installation guidelines, which outlined certain requirements for solar panel installations. clearances' provide a minimal working space so the fire fighters can work more safely to access routes and ventilate them in case of a fire. the quick ventilation of a roof is extremely important

and it's ridiculous. >> reporter: in its unanimous ruling the state supreme court court said the state legislature in their budget session validated this. we made calls to the governor's office for comment but calls were not returned. reporting live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 news, kraig debro. >> thank you, kraig. >>> the state is finally close to getting a new budget. lawmakers will vote on thursday. the details for the closing of the state's $19 billion deficit errorredly include $7.5 billion in spending cuts. that's down from the $12 the governor asked for. the deal anticipates getting $5 billion from the federal government. >> reporter: the governor is still reportedly in negotiations over paid pension form, which he has says is mandatory for him to sign the budget. >>> the debate for the two governor candidates have been cancelled. the brown camp said they were only in the discussion stages of this and never confirmed. both sides confirmed their candidates will not be on the show tomorrow. there were heated exchanges about whitman's housekeeper. the face-off at fresno state

a much better approach is to categories with merit and allocate that money to states and let states and local officials, closest to the problems who best understand go. >> facebook question number two. do you think the markets have extended higher unemployment rates. >> this is kind, this is the mind set of joe. he's voting? lock step with nancy pelosi. his only criticism is she doesn't go as far. i advocated a different approach. instead of just growing government and putting control. let's have an across the board payroll taxes. we could have cut payroll taxes in half for about three years. every single worker would have take-home pay raise. every employer would have found is less expensive to hire the next worker. that would have been a much more constructive way to deal with it >> congressman. >> thanks, david. let's look at the stimulus bill. another 8 million americans would have lost their job. unemployment would be over 11% today. 1 third of the stimulus went to tax cuts for the middle class. not corporations and the lower income. 1 third went to unemployment. congressman toomey

>> in seven states, you can never vote again. most states, you cannot vote while you are on paper. because of the criminal background record checks that are now ubiquitous, incredibly, a, you have a hard time ending an apartment, getting a car loan, getting any kind of job. i'm a convicted felon, and it would not hire me and walmart. i could not work the cash register at burger king. most occupations and recessions are close to you because you are a convicted felon -- occupations and jobs. when you see homeless people outside, most of them have felony convictions, mostly bullshit felonies, the little felonies. that is why they cannot get jobs. that is why they are panhandling and sleeping in doorways. their numbers are just going to multiplied next year, the year after, 10 years from now. >> let me ask, would you agree there are significant areas for people who have criminal history records? >> i would agree. it is not just people who have felony convictions and going to prison, but i was struck this morning by the stories that amy told, and a gentleman who was a reporter in santa

growth farther ahead state of florida, state of virginia, monday argument on the summary judgment we are going to go down and watch. attorney general cuccinelli will join us monday. both lawsuits are fascinating. michigan a lawsuit decided it the other way. we are monitoring all of these. certainly is going to have an enormous impact on each one of us. attorney general, thank you. >> thank you, appreciate it, great day. >> greta: next, senator licensee graham is here. he has a fight on his -- senator lindsey graham is here. has a fight on his hands. speaking of fights. this tops it all. did you hear who is trying to take on arizona governor brewer? 11 latin american countries coming at her in court. is she worried? governor brewer is here. she has announcement. >> more video of bill o'reillyly -- wild dust up on the view. aren't you sick of these airline credit cards that advertise flights for 25,000 miles? but when you call... let me check. oh fud, nothing without a big miles upcharge. it's either pay their miles upcharges or connect through mooseneck! [ freezing ] i can't feel my f

funds state funds are used to fund the party of chinese yet state funds are not used to fund any other party that is not democracy you have david and goliath situation and besides this you have to remember you have to remember besides the fact that you have in venezuela the shut down of media that opposes the government you have harassment of anyone persecution. if you stand against that you get persecuted and i think your point you got your point never go right ahead that's not true. yet you jump in here before in finding foreign funding and there is certainly millions and millions of u.s. taxpayer dollars are funding political organizations parties and campaigns here there is clear and direct funding to the opposition campaign from u.s. agencies and other international agencies and it's a violation of the. law i mean you could say maybe the government invested some funds into their own party for this campaign but that does not justify opposition groups receiving foreign funding in violation of the law and of course u.s. agency while reading venice there is a call to interpretation. a

state workers, police of the stairs, teachers are great people. states cannot afford this. we have to look at that. at the end of the day, it is a bad job growth. >> i think we need to recognize that 93% of the general fund is spent in education, public safety, and human resources. the cuts subordinate. the question is not how we cut the budget. the question is how we take the money we know we have and suspended from going forward. -- and spend it differently going forward. i proposed a very detailed plan to do that. the cuts have been made. we have a flat funded school system. we need to be very innovative in making those decisions and priorities. >> i have to continue this discussion. i did not here either of you say, you know, here are some services we had had. during the good times, things that are state has been finding that we simply cannot afford. you start saying things like, we need to list some cable-tv channels or something like this. are there anything that we have to learn to live without at the state level? >> again, most of the budget is involved in three lar

to-- rival to the united states. >> is that acceptable to the united states that you know? >> i think to the united states we have today, absolutely. i any it's hillary clinton was sitting here she would say that is exactly what we want. >> a partnership with europe. >> yes. >> rose: we're not a senior partner, we're both -- >> well, let's leave that, as vague. senior, whatever, they will economies of equal size. they are massive. >> rose: but the growth rate of the united states economy is a bit higher expectation than the growth rate of the european economy. >> you know what, and also in military power there is no comparison. so it's going to be doing slightly different things. but maybe when it comes to afghanistan or pakistan actually the civilian side is at least as important as what the military can do. >> rose: and tell me what it is that europe is prepared to do in pakistan and afghanistan. >> well, europe gives more than half the official development aid in the whole world. and in civil kwan reconstruction as in the balance begans-- balkans, on january dam ree type