andrew -- andy kroll is with us to take your calls until the top of the hour. thank you for being here. you close with a quote from former senator russ feingold, engoldf the mccain-fine go campaign reform. "the scandal could be the mother of all scandals." how is the table set for the mother of all scandals? guest: you have a record amount of money in washington around the election, and at the same time you have so many different ways it is coming into our elections, coming into the states, the presence of the race, whether it is the super pac, a nonprofit organization that does not disclose donors and operate under a veil of secrecy, whether it is the campaign itself, which has grown into such a huge size. they could raise $800 million each, which would break the record of president obama in 2008. there are so many ways vast sums of money are being injected into the political system, and it is the campaign at the local level to the presidential level. senator feingold believes this is a disaster, especially with little oversight, such little disclosure, especi

after that, our spotlight on magazine series continues andy kroll discussing the history of campaign finance laws. "washington journal" live today at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> in the weeks ahead, the political parties are holding their platform hearings. with democrats voting on their final platform in detroit and mid month the republicans start at the tampa convention site. c-span2 is a complete coverage begins monday, august 27, with a live, gavel-to-gavel coverage in tampa. starting monday, september 3. it's sunday, look for our "q&a" interview with andrew nagorski. >> i had no idea about the people who were essentially my predecessors. despite all the time spent in germany, i had not spent a lot of time thinking about what it would be like to see a correspondent there in that 1920's and a 1930's. what would you have noticed and not notice? and how would you have acted? >> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said that the debt does not pose the same threats to the financial system that mortgage debt did during the 2008 crisis. the fed chairman answered questions from educators acr

and andy kroll discussing the his of campaign laws. "washington journal" live wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> sunday, look for our q & a interview. >> i had no idea about the experience s of the people who are my predecessors. correspondent or diplomats in berlin. i had to spend a lot of time thinking about what would it have been like to have been a correspondent there in the 1920's and 1930's and how would you have operated? what would you noticed or not noticed, much less how would you have acted? >> sunday at 8:00 on c-span's "q & a." >> c-span created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television. -- provider. >> ben bernanke said today that student loan debt does not pose the same threat to the frbling system that mortgage debt did during the 2,000-day crisis. he answered questions from educators across the country during a town hall style meeting that focused on financial education. he urged state and local governments to maintain funding for education in general. this i