city, iowa, at the university of and joining us from the bus is the president of the universitys of iowa, sally mason.dent she has been president of that university since 2007. president mason, begin by un telling us, what's the budget iy for the university of iowa?s thu your annual budget? and where do those revenues whe rrive from? >> the budget for the university of iowa, the total budget for the university of iowa is aboutt $3.4 otbillion. largely because we have a very large academic medical center that's part of our operation, including a very big hospital.lg it's a big budget. it is absolutely one that has continued to grow, despite some of the challenges that we've had, including a very large natural disaster in 2008. a major flood that impacted us n rather significantly and that t we're still recovering from. recovering in very, re very fine fashion with nearly $1 billion worth of construction going on in iowa city right now. the education budget, which is probably the thing that people are most interested i

president university of iowa, sally mason. that been the president of university since 2007. president mason, begin by what's the budget for the university of iowa, the annual budget. revenues derive from? >> the total budget for the iowa is $3.4 million. we have a large medical center includinge operation, a big hospital. it's a big budget. absolute ly absolutely. it's one that continues to grow natural disaster in 2008, a flood that impacted us significantly and we're from.ring we're recovering in fine fashion with nearly $1 billion of construction going on in iowa right now. the education budget is $680 million and $220 million of this come trillions the state of iowa and the rest comes from tuition. resident is going to pay about $8,000 a year to attend the university of iowa. resident going to pay $28,000. hy that discrepancy between in-state and out of state? in-state bviously the students are subsidized by appropriations from the state of iowa. always s in iowa have valued education very, very highly. here in this state

president university of iowa, sally mason. t been the president of university since 2007. president mason, begin by what's the budget for the university of iowa, the annual budget. revenues derive from? >> the total budget for the iowa is $3.4 million. we have a large medical center includinge operation, a big hospital. it's a big budget. absolute ly absolutely. it's one that continues to grow natural disaster in 2008, a flood that impacted us significantly and we're from.ring we're recovering in fine fashion with nearly $1 billion of construction going on in iowa right now. the education budget is $680 million and $220 million of this come trillions the state of iowa and the rest comes from tuition. resident is going to pay about $8,000 a year to attend the university of iowa. resident going to pay $28,000. hy that discrepancy between in-state and out of state? in-state bviously the students are subsidized by appropriations from the state of iowa. always s in iowa have valued education very, very highly. here in this state and

>> somebody in the university of iowa has a lot of time on their hands.sor is dressing up like a robot. vut pink locker room -- you have the pink locker room and the inningest coach saying they are calm and less aggressive on the field. what is going on there? >> it sounds like a fun place to be. any guy a that dresses up like a robot it is okay in my book. >> it is a smart move? >> i am wearing pink. >> mine is more few shaw. fuscia. >> you can't spell fuscia without f-u. >> do you hate the martians and the irish? >> every year the nfl wears the football player whys wear pink for breast cancer. why is that not a point? >> there is breast awareness in the men's locker room? that's not working. >> breast awareness. >> should they repaint the locker room? >> i would say do rainbow, but that's a whole other can of worms. >> a can of wonderful worms. a can of wonderful, wonderful firm worms. >> it costs money to repaint it. it costs money that the people in the school don't want to pay. that's fine. it is a locker room. you are going out on the field and you

university of wisconsin came in number two. followed by west virginia university, the university of arizona and the university of iowa. >>> now,bc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, a beautiful start to the week. feels a lot like fall with a cool start to our morning. now we'll see changes starting tomorrow morning, tracking some showers moving through. it does look like these will be around just in time for the morning rush for part of the area. but the fall weather still stays. the temperatures will still stay cooler, even after the rain. [ñ stretch along with these cool fall-like temperatures. we will stay nice and sunny as we go through most of the week after the rain gets here. here's a live look outside right now near the art museum along the schuylkill river around center city. we're still seeing fantastic conditions. a lot of dry air in place. humidity around 41%. that is fairly low. 71 degrees right now in philadelphia. so it does feel a lot like fall. average high temperature is 78 degrees. we are quite a bit below that today. we'll stay like that as we go into tomorrow. we're in the 6

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the university of wisconsin came in number two followed by west virginia, the university of arizona, and the university of iowa>>> you won't find this school on the list that we're going to tell but. it's a local school that helps troubled youth and it's about to make a big milestone mark, a big milestone in the community. the glen mills school is celebrating it's 125th anniversary of its current campus. two of the men behind the school, jeff hill and ken banks, and ken is actually one of the school's success stories. we'll hear about that in a moment. thank you both for being here. >> thank you for having us. >> glen mills school, tell bus this school, what it does for youth in the area. >> we're a school for juvenile delinquent male youth. we've been servicing or community since 1989. we take the wayward young men and try to give them a new outlook, a new mindset on their positive outcomes in life and we are committed to producing change in the young men we serve and we take great pride and effort into making that change happen. >> ken, you were one of those wayward youth as jeff said. you were one of the wa

jim cramer from the university of iowa. >> caller: there you go.ell me your position on exas. >> you know, i like that, and everyone backed away from it, and i am sticking with it now. pat in new york. pat. >> caller: mr. cramer's son, how are you doing, jim? >> pop looked good yesterday. everything is right with the world. what's up? >> caller: i'm interested to know -- i have your book, by the way, getting rich carefully, a wonderful, informative book. my stock is restoration hardware. >> restoration hardware i think is a buy, but you have to understand that rh is one of those stocks a tiger by the tail. it can be down ten, up ten, you have to hi of this long term. most people can't take the pain. i'm being real honest. eric. >> caller: yes, my stock is alpha natural resources, anr -- >> the call is really hard to own. i think you have to be -- i don't want to recommend peabody, i don't, but i understand the call is going on. let's say we like unb. that's a great coal play. one more, richard in oregon, richard. >> caller: boo-yah, jimmy, this is

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of the closest contests in the nation. if you love college football, the place to be in iowa this past weekend was iowa city, the hothe university of iowa hawkeyes, as they hosted the iowa state cyclones. the beer flowed freely, and over 100,000 exuberant fans jostled, ready to cheer or jeer at the slightest provocation. it's the biggest and oldest rivalry in this state, and it played out as another, newer rivalry is reaching a full boil: the contest for the open u.s. senate seat here being vacated by 30-year democratic veteran tom harkin. it's a battle between four-term democratic congressman bruce braley and joni ernst, until just a few months ago a little- known republican state senator from a town of just over 5,000 who splashed onto the political scene earlier this year with a t.v. ad touting her experience growing up on an iowa farm: >> i'm joni ernst. i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm. so when i get to washington, i'll know how to cut pork. >> woodruff: another t.v. spot stressed how comfortable the national guard lieutenant colonel, who served in iraq, is shooting a gun. >> joni doesn't miss much. >> woodruff: al

c-span.org to watch that or today's interview well.r website as friday we'll talk with the university of iowaresident sally mason. linder, we want to thank you for your time. now live coverage of the house. tom: the house will be in order. -- the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., september 10, 2014. i to act as speaker pro tempore on this day john j. duncan

university of nebraska lincoln as part of the tour.n college we kick that off this week. monthlong series and interviews friday.esidents on the bus will be at the university of iowa and we will alk with the president there, sally mason on friday. this morning, james linder c-span bus in lincoln, nebraska, charles in next. sioux city, ein a apartment will. go go ahead with your question or comment? caller: good morning. i have a question, two grandsons going to your university in the ag department. and i was just wondering why is to find ficult moneyrship or any kind of to go to school. if you don't do the right getting you end up none. none. guest: the university of nebraska lincoln, there are a ide variety of need-based scholarships. the of l, students attend university with no tuition charge. relatede other academic scholarships depending on what field the student is in. scholarships nt re actually focused on the potential research a student might be interested in doing. a graduate ey're extensive we have support for students pursuing mappsers degrees or phd. degrees. get more money out of the out of state students. do these students get preferences? guest: in my experienc

university of minnesota. tomorrow we'll hear from interim linder of the university of nebraska. friday, sally mason, president of the university of iowa ng us on the c-span eric the napolis is kaler. on ks for joining us here washington journal. >> glad to be with you. host: tell us about the system.ty of minnesota is it a public system, a land university? uest: five campuses, minneapolis, st. paul, duluth, morris, rochester. students, $75 million a year in research spending. a big operation. how long have you been president? guest: well, less than that, for sure. i'm starting my fourth year. i'm the 16th president of the university. this ple tend to serve in job for a good long time. some of your priorities as president? guest: well, it's simple for me. i'm interested in accessibility affordability and i'm interested in the university roviding a truly excellent education for those students. also interested in being sure that we help to drive the state of the minnesota, that we're the home innovations innd medical care, science, engineering. and we have a critical important maintain the to liberal arts and make sure that creative work

artists, musicians, we have a long and proud tradition of supporting the arts and humanities here in iowa. >> sally mason is the president of the university of iowa. we appreciate you joining us. thank you. >> next week, university of wisconsin, illinois, indiana university, all the presidents of those universities will be joining us here on "washington journal." up, the brookings institution is holding a panel discussion on the independence vote in scotland. i believe september 15 is when the vote will be held. all indications show that the vote is close. two administrators from the university of edinburgh there. it is just getting started now. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> i want to welcome you to one of our first event in our revamped brookings conference space. i am thrilled that the microphone works. it seems fitting to inaugurate our new facility with the big question of certainly next week, the prevent -- potential revamping of the united kingdom. if the referendum moves to a yes vote, the renovation will be an overhaul to a system that we have kn

university of minnesota. tomorrow we'll hear from interim linder of the university of nebraska. friday, sally mason, president of the university of iowa bus ng us on the c-span eric the napolis is kaler. on ks for joining us here washington journal. >> glad to be with you. host: tell us about the system.ty of minnesota is it a public system, a land university? uest: five campuses, minneapolis, st. paul, duluth, morris, rochester. students, $75 million a year in research spending. a big operation. how long have you been president? guest: well, less than that, for sure. i'm starting my fourth year. i'm the 16th president of the university. this ple tend to serve in job for a good long time. some of your priorities as president? guest: well, it's simple for me. i'm interested in accessibility affordability and i'm interested in the university roviding a truly excellent education for those students. also interested in being sure that we help to drive the state of the minnesota, that we're the home innovations innd medical care, science, engineering. and we have a critical important maintain the to liberal arts and make sure that creative

our guest is the president of the university of iowa. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. join the conversation on facebook and twitter. on september 18, scottish voters will decide whether scotland should become an independent country and breakaway from the united kingdom. panelists at the brookings institution will discuss the pros and cons of independence. and the implications for the united kingdom, europe, and the u.s. you can watch that live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on the c-span networks, american history tv is live from baltimore's fort mchenry for the 200th anniversary of the star-spangled banner. sunday morning a: 30. later at 6:00 p.m. eastern, we'll tour fort mchenry and hear how war came to fort mchenry in 1814, about the british barrage and why francis scott key was there. saturday night at 8:00, the presidential leadership scholars program with former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton. and sunday afternoon at 3:30, live coverage of the hark steak fry. sunday e

c-span.org to watch that or today's interview well.r website as friday we'll talk with the university of iowa president sally mason. linder, we want to thank you for your time. now live coverage of the house. tom: the house will be in order. -- the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., september 10, 2014. i to act as speaker pro tempore -- i s day john j. duncan hereby appoint the honorable john j. duncan to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john boehner, speakers speerk of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m

our guest is sally mason, president of the university of iowa. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, and you can join the conversation on acebook and twitter. the chair of the senate armed services committee carl levin spoke at the council on foreign relations on thursday. mr. levin is retiring after 36 years in the senate. he spoke about foreign policy and potential support for the president's isis strategy. this is an hour. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to today's on-the-record meeting for the council on foreign relations. we certainly have a lot to talk about. and just so there is no confusion, since we're about the same size and same age and we both wear our glasses on the edge of our nose, this fellow on my right is the very distinguished senator from michigan carl levin and i'm the pbs ombudsman. senator levin is, of course, the widely respected chairman of the senate armed services committee , has served for 36 years when he retires in january. he literally needs no introduction to this group, and

the president of university of iowa looks at issue affecting hire ed and the big 10, plus your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets all live on "washington journal" at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on the c-span network, american history tv is live from baltimore fort mchenry for the 200th anniversary of the star bangled banner. later, we'll tour fort mchenry and hear how war came to baltimore in 1814. saturday night at 8:00 on c-span, the presidential leaders ogram with former presidents -- sunday evening at 8:00, q and a on the evolution of the conservative movement in american politics. on c-span 2 on book tv's author ken silver steen on the secret world of oil. sunday night at 6:45 democratic senator from new york on her life and politics and her call for women to rise up and make a difference in the world. find our television schedule at c-span.org. send us a treat. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> earlier today the council on foreign relations the chair of the senate armed services committee talked about u.s. foreign pol

that off this week a month-long series of interviews on "washington journal" with word -- university presents. on friday the bus will be at the university of iowa and we will talk with the present they are sally mason on friday. this morning though dr. james lender up for the c-span bus in lincoln nebraska. charleston south sioux city nebraska. charles go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: good morning. i have two grandsons going to your university in the ag department and i was just wondering why is it so difficult to find scholarship or any kind of money to go to school if you don't do the right research you end up getting none. >> guest: well at the university of nebraska lincoln there are a wide variety of need-based scholarships and in fact at unlv thousand students attend the university with no tuition charge. there are also other academic related scholarships depending on what field the student is then. very few student scholarships are actually focused on the potential research that a student might be interested in doing unless of course they are a graduate student and we have extensive support for graduate students who are

our guest is sally mason, president of the university of iowa. ♪ host: and congress is coming back nexteek to debate. obama's proposed isis strategy. secretary kerry is in the middle east drumming up support among middle east leaders. the president has proposed 435 additional troops to iraq, airstrikes in syria, and supportl and material for opposition groups in a syria as well. what do you think of the presidents a strategy? we want to get your viewpoints. 02

our guest is sally mason, president of the university of iowa. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >>> hi, we're excited to announce that it's launch week for the 11th annual student cam documentary contest. $100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded this year to middle and high school contest winners. this year's theme is the broadest ever. it's the three branches and you. we'd like you to tell a story that demonstrates how a policy, a law or an action by either the executive, legislative or judicial branches of the federal government has affected you and your life or your community. the competition is open to students in grades 6 through 12 and students may work alone or in groups of up to three. contestants are asked to produce a five to seven-minute video documentary supporting their chosen topic. and to include some c-span programming. that $100,000 in cash prizes will go to 150 students and to 53 teachers and the grand prize winner with the best overa

mason,st is sally president of the university of iowa. "washington journal" is live 7:00 a.m.ing at eastern on c-span. and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. today the center for american progress hosts a discussion on for combating isis in iraq and syria. you can watch the event live eastern, onnoon 2.pan >> this weekend on the c-span networks, american history tv is live from baltimore's fort the 200thr anniversary of the star spangle banner. at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we'll how fort mchenry and hear war came to baltimore in 1814, about the british barrage on the and why francis scott key was there to witness the fight. c-spany night at 8:00 on the presidential leadership scholars program with former presidents george w. bush and clinton, and sunday afternoon at 3:30 live coverage fry.e harkin steak an sunday evening at l, author on the conservative politics.n american and saturday author ken silversteen on the secret word of oil. kirsten jillenator en brand. all us, e-mail us, or send us tweet. con

university of minnesota, eric kaler will join is. on wednesday, we travel to lincoln, nebraska, the interim president, james linder is going to join us. on friday, the president of the university of iowally mason. again, our big 10 tour starts this week and you can check out all of our scheduled information online at c-spanl.org. back tomorrow morning for "the washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern t to talk about the con gretelal agenda now that lawmakers are coming back to town. our first interview with the president of the university of minnesota. all tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time, 4:00 o'clock for those of you on the west coast. thank you for joining us for this sunday edition of "washington journal." enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a great week ahead.

on tuesday, the president and publisher of "the des moines register" spoke to iowa state university students about the future of newspapers and about iowa's role in national politics. he also answered questions about social media and the job market. this is an hour ten minutes. >> i'm here to introduce rick green. rick green is the president and publisher of the register company which is of course the power house news organization here in iowa. i can say it is a power house because it's one of our competitors of the sioux city jourm. he was promoted from editor last year and now oversees pubblecages in sioux falls and iowa city. before that he was editor of the desert sun in palm springs, california and editor of the cincinnati enquirer. rick is an ohio native and his rst job was for the -- cochocton where he started as a high school sophomore. please join me in welcoming rick green. >> congratulations on that baby. >> thank you very much. >> appreciate the welcome. well, good evening. hoy are you? how are you? am i okay here? good. boy, it's nice to see everybody. how is everybody tonight?

of iowa, she says he's back. is an announcement on a presidential bid next. the controversy and the fallout over this sweat shirt. blood-like splatter reminiscent of a 1970 massacre at kent state university. s >>> former secretary of state hillary clinton visited iowa on sunday for the first time since her defeat in the 2008 presidential caucuses. she didn't reveal if she would run for president. her supporters are getting ready. libby casey has more from iowa. [ cheering and applause ] [ chants ] >> reporter: all this for a woman who won't say whether she's running for president in 2016. >> well, it is true, i am thinking about it. [ cheering and applause ] >> but for today that is not why i'm here. i'm here for the state. >> reporter: hillary clinton didn't spill the beans about her plans at tom harkin's state fundraiser. >> we want to help get her a leg up. it's not something you want to throw together at the last minute. that's why this has been in progress. >> clinton insider tracy is working for a super pack ready for hillary. it turned out hundreds of clinton supporters. >> please do it. >> we'd love to see a woman in the main stage of government for once. >> i believe in her. >>

she is the recipient of the national endowment for the arts grant, a pushcart prize, an iowa arts fellowship from the university of iowa's nonfiction writing program, truman capotety fellowship at the iowa writers' workshop. her work has appeared in the oxford american and new republic. next to her is anna holmes. anna holmes has written and edited for numerous publications including the atlantic, "newsweek," "time," in style and the new yorker online. she is the founder of the popular web site jezebel.com and the 2012 recipient of the muir award for best commentary for her columns in "the new york times" and the washington post. she is the editor of two books including the book of jezebel and now works as a columnist for "the new york times" sunday book review and is an editor at "fusion." i should also note there's going to be about ten minutes as we wrap up for q&a from you, so as those questions come, take note of them in some way. all right. so the announcement that may have drawn some of you here suggests that you would be given answers to this question; how did these writers experience and challenge thei

iowa. we're going to be doing a lot of work with the harkin institute at the university. and since we're going to be here in iowa, i sure would like to have a governor who represents me in the same progressive, forward manner as our other two governors and that's why we got to elect our next governor to be jack hatch! [cheers and applause] and folks, this group and i live in warren down in the 3rd district. in this district i want to be represented by the first iowa woman to ever serve in the united states congress, stacy apple. [cheers and applause] . stacy apple, right here. we're in her district. [cheers and applause] and jim nower for his past service with our nation in the military in iraq, thank you for that. but thank you for your future service in getting steve king out of congress and getting in there. where is jim now we are? -- 't speak too highly of pat murphy is going to replace bruce brayly in the 1st district. [cheers and applause] and in the 2nd district, i want you to know i've never seen anybody work harder than steve. he is out there all the time. i know

researchers at iowa state university asked a group of college students and staff to pour themselves annt of wine they considered normal. of those who generally poured only half a glass at a time consumed 20% less wine overall than people who didn't go by that glass half empty rule. >>>off heard of knee replacement and hip replacement surgeries. what about ankle replacements? they've been around for three decades, but early designs were failures. now they are making a comeback. monica robins reports. >> reporter: imagine if the act of standing from a chair or walking across the floor gave you excruciating pain. a car accident shattered kathleen defranco's ankle and left her suffering for 30 years. an occasional cortisone shot was her only relief. >> the shots weren't working anymore. >> reporter: fusing was an option but would leave her with a limp. >> i couldn't do simple thing like grocery shop, walk my dogs, garden, cut the grass, even walk from point a to point b without hurting. >> reporter: her surgeon told her about an ankle replacement. >> the patients who need this are at the e

traveling to about a dozen colleges and universities in iowa to try to gin up support among the younger voter in preparation for a potential bid by the former secretary of state. george is in florida on our line for independents. >> i think it is premature to say hillary will win that race or the general. but romney seems to be giving serious consideration to entering the race. he says that circumstances can change. whole numbers show he has a heavy advantage over the rest of the republican field. he has a huge war chest, and we know he has a gigantic. [profanity]. >> the republicans have a total disrespect for the office of obama. you hear on fox news mostly, where they just call him obama, and he is supposed to be called mr. president, but they almost never want to use it. they are all trying to find a way to always go to war, fight some 30,000 people. we can fight those people with robots alone and keep them in place. i don't know why there is a constant talk, we want to go to war. we want to call it something else. ?hy not let robots do the work after a year of having these things above your head, these people would get tired of it, and quit and do

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of this university. so very naturally. i was anxious to build up the institution. >> well we know you were born in west branch, iowa and i thinkthat generally people know that after your mother and father died, an uncle asked you to share his home in oregon, could you tell us, sir, how it happened then that you got down here and attended leland sanford university? >> well this uncle of mine in oregon was a country doctor. with all of the fine attributes of the country documents of the -- of the country doctors of the united states. i lived with him and his family, parts of it, for a matter of about seven years. and during that time, i got a job as an office boy. on one occasion, a gentleman having some business with the firm came in. while he waited, he talked with the office boy. he was inquiring what i wanted to do so far. and he said, well, you ought to take up engineering, and he was himself an engineer. we discussed it, and he rather inspired my mind. so soon i noticed that stanford university had announced that the institution would be opened that autumn. and the tuition would be free. that more or less fitted my necessi

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of this university. so very naturally. i was anxious to build up the institution. >> well we know you were born in west branch, iowa and i thinkthat generally people know that after your mother and father died, an uncle asked you to share his home in oregon, could you tell us, sir, how it happened then that you got down here and attended leland sanford university? >> well this uncle of mine in oregon was a country doctor. with all of the fine attributes of the country documents of the united states. i lived with him and his family, part of it, for a matter of about seven years. and during that time, i got a job as an office by. on one occasion, having some business with the firm. came in and while he waited, he talked with the office boy. he was inquiring what i wanted to do so far. and he said well you ought to take up engineering and he was himself an engineer. we discussed it and he rather inspired my mind. so soon i noticed that stanford university had announced that the institution would be opened that autumn. and the tuition would be free. that more or less fitted my necessity. they announced they would hold entrance exa

of obama's appearance tomorrow at the u.n. climate change summit. rick green who spoke to iowa state university students in about iowa's role national politics. he also answered student questions about journalism ethics, social media, and the job market. >> i'm here to introduce rick green. rick green is the president and publisher of the register company which is of course the powerhouse news organization here in iowa. i can say it is a powerhouse because it's one of our competitors of the "sioux city journal." he was promoted from editor last year and now oversees pubblecages in sioux falls and iowa city. before that he was editor of "the desert sun" in palm springs, california, and editor of "the cincinnati enquirer." rick is an ohio native and his first job was for the cochocton where he started as a high school sophomore. please join me in welcoming rick green. >> congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> appreciate the welcome. well, good evening. hoy are you? how are you? am i ok here? good. boy, it's nice to see everybody. how is everybody tonight? i got to tell you how flattered and

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university. we have elections early on the presidential years in iowa. we have freedom. we have "x" rated movies and whiskey. they would have none of those things in their country but not one of them would blow themselves up because of those things. what they're fighting is our intervention in their world. our support as we're supporting now, we're in a coalition with tyrants attacking isis. we have long supported for 60 years we've supported tierney across the middle east. >> i have some hesitations about what you're saying but let's take it for a moment at face value because i'm curious if you feel the press is, you know, too complacent going along with what the government, what the president is say being this latest war and not saying what you're saying. >> the media and the political establishment in this country can either be two things, sir. they can be idiots and they really don't understand or they can be liars. i think they're the latter. >> okay. you're only putting two buckets here, idiots or liars, you wouldn't put a third or fourth or fifth bucket here? >> not right now, sir. we have 20 years of the islamists telling u

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of this university. so very naturally, i was anxious to build up the institution. >> i know that you were born in west branch iowa that generally people know that after your mother and father died, and uncle that asked you to share his home in oregon. could you tell us how it happened, then that you got down here and attended leland stanford university? >> the uncle of mine in oregon was a country doctor with all the fine attributes of the country doctors in the united states. i lived with him and his family parts of it for a matter of about seven years. during that time i got a job as an honest boy. and on one occasion, a gentleman having some business with the farm came in, and while he waited, he talked with the office boy. and he was inquiring what i wanted to do so far. and he said, well you ought to take up engineering. and he was himself an engineer. so we discussed it and he rather inspired my mind and soon i noticed that stanford university had announced the institution would be opened that autumn and that tuition would be free. now, that more or less fit my necessities. they announced they would old ent

iowa state has an entire climate science program and wants to be a -- quote -- "leader in the science of regional climate change." university of new hampshire scientists told me about the danger to new hampshire's iconic moose from tick infestations because of climate change. researchers from the university of north carolina, duke university, and north carolina state took me out on a research vessel to see firsthand the effects of climate change on north carolina's shoreline. the home state universities are clear, it's just the polluter-funded candidates who are denying. and it's the same story across the country. republicans running for the senate from alaska to georgia from colorado to west virginia question or outright deny the established climate science. figure it out. do the math. there's overwhelming consensus among knowledgeable scientists that climate change is real and is being causeed by humans. denying that fact serves the economic interest of a narrow group of big-spending polluters, and the polluters are spending vast fortunes to support climate deniers. senate republican candidates even attended a secret retr

university of pittsburgh medical center about the ebola out reich in west africa -- outbreak in west africa. c-span see this live on 2. >> c-span debate coverage continues thursday at 9:00. sunday, the iowaate. 2014, more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >> throughout this election cycle, we will be bringing you cycle from all across the country. you can see the debates we have covered at c-span.org. here is a look at the candidates and the texas governor's race. -- in the texas governor's race. >> do you regret voting for barack obama? what i am working on right now is running for governor. for this incredible state. and bringing policies forward that will benefit the state. i am working to make sure that every hard-working texan, no matter where they start has an opportunity to go as far as the dream. 30 years ago, i couldn't have imagined that i would have the privilege, when i was a young, single struggling mother, of sitting on the stage and having the opportunity to hack -- ask texas for its vote. texas is at a turning point. that is what is important in this election. will we create a 21st-century future economy that works for all hard-working texans were just some? i