representative bill enyart democratic of belleville.idates will be questioned by wally parker of the senator newspaper janitor -- jennifer fuller and beth of the belleville news democrat. i will be your moderator tonight. we will begin with a two minute opening statement for me to the candidates and the order of which it was determined by drawing before the debate. representative bost will have the first opening statement. bost: thank you jack and thank you to the southern illinois and the end the belleville democratic -- or putting on this debate. i look forward to talking about the issues, presenting our opinions and our views. you know whenever it came time to decide whether or not i was going to run for this office it was a tough decision. my family and i sat down and talked about but a lot of people have asked why are you looking to do back? folks i have got nine grandchildren and this country is not headed in the right direction for them to have a future that they need whether it's jobs here in southern illinois, the dangers going

i have been back to the clinics in mount vernon, belleville. all around talking to veterans to ensure things get fixed. i sponsored a bill that would require the veterans administration to make a determination on veterans disability claims within 120 days and if the decision wasn't made within 120 days the veteran would be presumed to be disabled and receive those benefits. guess what? by my introducing the bill and pushing the legislation, the veterans administration reduced the backlog of claims by 40%. i want you to compare that to mr. bost's record who refused to vote for a bill that would have increased veterans beds in illinois and veterans homes, refused to vote for that bill and by the way, he refused to vote for that bill but he did vote to raise his pay by 9.6%. [applause] representative bost. bost: thank you. back to the question. let me tell you that it is important to make sure that our veterans are provided for. i've stood for veterans in all of my time in the state of illinois and i will continue to do that. it's also important t

. >> en ny el hospital belleville uno de los mÁs grandes en la ciudad mostrÓ unos cuartos de aislamientosuier contagio. >> en la capital mexicana se realizÓ una multitudinaria marcha para exigir justicia por la desapariciÓn de 43 estudiantes normalistas en guerrero hace casi dos semanas. entre los manifestantes habÍa padece compaÑeros de los desaparecidos y portaban carteles viendo castigo para los responsables, andrea gonzÁlez nos explica. >> rostros llenos de dolor y el grito castigo a los responsables inundaron las calles en la ciudad de mÉxico durante la marcha todos somos axotsinamata. >> la masacre movilizÓ a van helsing y civiles, sindicales y aquellos que se sienten ofendidos por lo sucedido. >> cÓmo es posible que nos demos cuenta hasta dÓnde estÁ metido el gobierno con el crimen organizado me duele como si fueran mis hijos. >> hasta 26 septiembre estos jÓvenes tomaban clases con los desaparecidos pero llevan 12 dÍas sin saber de ellos. >> no hemos recibido mensajes ni nada. todos los telÉfonos encuentran apagados, ningua pista hemos recibido hasta el momento. >> estudiantes apro

north to belleville, illinois. crews out cleaning up after drenching rain and wind-downed trees wrecked the roof of a home in this development. >> very traumatic to walk up and see the back of your house pretty much demolish and the rain continuing to pour down. it's just a sadness. >> all this weather heading east. millions of americans and several major cities from the gulf coast to the great lakes are right in its path. and, again, that system this morning, covering nearly a third of the country and on the move. >> jim dickey joins us now. >> good morning. the threat for severe weather continues today. shifting further eastward, down towards the florida panhandle. stretching to the coast. large hail, torrential rain and flash flooding. and hurricane head towards puerto rico. and going bring tremendous rainfall. 4 to 8 inches. continuing to strengthen, not going to be an impact to the united states. >>> breaking overnight. a powerful earthquake shook stra america. the 7.4 underwaesht quake hit off of the coast of

late today in illinois several homes were destroyed in the belleville area. tonight tornado watches stretch from indianapolis to new orleans. there will be more wind damage. watch out in nashville in the next few hours, and risk of more flash flooding and wind damage tomorrow morning before rush hour those storms roll into atlanta. again, tomorrow we could see a few more tornadoes. more wind damage, more power knocked out and more flash flooding. brian, for the first time in october in five years in the country this was the first october tornado death in five years. and in this county this is only the second tornado fatality since 1950. brian? >> mike seidel in southwestern arkansas for us tonight. mike, thanks. >>> in ferguson, missouri, police arrested another 19 people today as three days of protests culminated there. the reason for it all, enduring anger over the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown, now over two months ago. after several weeks of relative calm, protesters and police are facing off in the streets, those same streets all over again.

you know, my daughter-in-law, tenure, isn't eighth grade teacher in belleville.n eighth grade teacher mentioned the immediately to heaven. but the problem that we have in our schools today is there's far too much teaching to the test. we are not teaching kids critical thinking skills. we are teaching them to take tests. welcome you can take a test and you will be good at taking tests, but all that proves is you're good at taking tests. it doesn't prove you're educated or you're good at critical thinking skills. i've heard the same complaints from teachers and from school administrators and from parents as i've gone around the district meeting with people. as i talk to employers, what employers want, employers want skilled, trained folks who have the ability to divide three eighths by two into the ability to master skills. when i was at southwestern illinois college up in the granite city campus a couple weeks ago and met with a young lady. she had been working as a housekeeper in a hotel. minimum wage come couldn't 40 hours a week, two kids at home, food stands,

in belleville. the debate will be streaming life. thank you all, good night from mary and. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> on c-span2 we take you live to the american enterprise institute in washington for a discussion on education policy and the common core standards. that were creative better prepare students with skills and knowledge necessary for success in college and later in their careers. panelists will examine the pros and cons and discuss the controversy over common core. it is just getting started live on c-span2. >> he was the strategic initiative director of standard assessment and accountability where he led the development and adoption of the common core in 45 states and the district of colombia. and august campbell, and we're going to forgo the usual sort of speechmaking and talking points that begin these concepts often. will jump right into the issues. so i would like to actually with a sort of laying of the land. i think catherine, you might be the best just to give us an overview. we are hearing all across the country that schools and d