senator bob menendez, senator frank lautenberg are with them. we've heard mitt romney's position on climate change, which we think on most issues, has tended to be on both sides of the argument. what does he say now, given what has happened here, where so many experts in the field of environmental science have suggested that what is happening with these severe weather systems is becoming more frequent, as a result of climate change? >> well, martin, governor romney hasn't said a whole lot about a lot of things recently. you know, folks asked him 14 times yesterday, whether he was going to -- whether he wanted to get rid of fema. the last thing he heard or the last thing i remember hearing from governor romney on climate change was, he was questioning the science of climate change. and this is the same person who, when he was governor the first two years, was one of the leaders of reggie, the state consortium of governors, who wanted to do something about greenhouse gas emissions. two years later, he pulls out of it, as he was ramping up his run

senator bob menendez in new jersey state senator joe kyrillos.w from the recital center in the john jay kelley school of music at montclair state university and that is a mouthful, i am mike schneider. thank you for watching njtv and to our audience thank you very much for being here as well. [applause] ♪ >> almost 20 years ago we broadcast one of the most controversial stories in our 44 years on the air. it was called yes but is it art? i was accused of being a philistine, someone lacking the aesthetic sensibility to appreciate the challenging nature of some contemporary art. in those 20 years, works that i questioned worth hundreds of thousands of dollars are now worth hundreds of millions. >> so what made everybody so mad 20 years ago? >> i'd discovered something that i had absolutely could barely believe, that when you question someone's taste in art, it is more personal, more probing than politics, religion, sexual preference. it is something that goes to the very soul when you say, you bought that? >> syrian opposition activist today predic

. >> our next question is for bob menendez. >> you say you support a comprehensive solution includingenues and cuts in spending. can you name one wasteful program. to successfully eliminated while you have been in congress? >> the f 22. this is something that even the pentagon did not want. the administration did not want. there are those who are advocating for it. i voted against the f22. i voted on a different alternative fighter engine that was not necessary as well. that was cut. those are 2 examples of programs that were cut. what i do not want to do is what my opponent says -- he basically embraces the lion budget. what does that budget to do? it ends medicare as we know it. makes it a voucher. privatizes social security. dramatically cut assistance to education in our country. as someone who grew up, the first of my country to go to program, i want loans to be out there and keeping student loan interest rates low so that everyone can achieve an education. it is very important to do this and a balanced way. >> one i am there we are going to have a joe kyrillos -- i will work on

in this picture, sent to us by new jersey senator bob menendez, just to show you how the streets are there. "outfront" tonight our own gary tuchman in hoboken. the scene behind you, that water doesn't seem to have receded at all. how bad is it? >> it's really bad, erin. hoboken, right across the river from new york city. not a small town. 50,000 people live here. almost all of them in the dark. 50% in the dark and under four to five feet of water. worst yet, the mayor of hoboken says behind me, thousands of people still in houses and apartments, they can't gelt out, not because of the water, but it is believed there are live electrical wires in the water. some people are being rescued in emergency cases with a front loader. not a boat. a front loader going through the watery streets. i went for a ride in the front loader with the mayor of hoboken to get a look at what's going on. the first thing, we noticed how much it felt like katrina to us there are differences, there are no casualties here, but it felt like new orleans going down the watery streets and looking in the window, seei

first of all, your congressional delegation, senator bob menendez, sing lautenberg and congressman, andunty executive, and the mayor of briganttine. i thank everyone who has been involved in the entire rescue and recovery process. at the top of my list i have to say that governor christie throughout this process has been responsive. he has been aggressive in making sure that the state got out in front of this incredible storm. and the people of new jersey recognize that he has put his heart and soul into making sure the people of new jersey bounce back even stronger than before so i thank him for his extraordinary leadership and partnership. i thank the congressional delegation because part of the reason we are going to be able to respond quickly to all of this is because they helped to make sure that fema financing was in place. we are very appreciative of those efforts. i thank craig fugate. sometimes people think "fema" and they do not think of the people but craig lives and breathes and makes sure we are providing the help that people so desperately need. i thank altogether the firs

and in this picture, that was sent to us by new jersey senator bob menendez, when you look at the scene behind you, that water does not seem to have gone down at all, how bad is it? >> it's really bad, erin, hoboken is right across the river from new york city. it's not a small city and 50% of it is in the dark and under 4 to 5 feet of water. and worse yet, the mayor said that behind me, there are thousands of people still in the houses and apartments that cannot get out. not only because of the water but because there's live electrical wires in the water and it's not safe for them to be leaving. some are being rescued with a front loader. not a boat, it's going through the watery streets. i went on a ride in the front loader to see what is going on. and the first thing we noticed was how much it felt like katrina. but it was much different in casualties with katrina, but then looking in the windows, and seeing men, women and children waving at us. most of them were smiling. the reason most of them are smiling is because the water has gone down a bit. the feeling is that it will continu

also, live tonight at 8 eastern, the debate between new jersey senator bob menendez and his republican challenger, state senator joe carillos. >> tonight, new jersey senator bob menendez faces his republican challenger in the first of three debates at montclair state university. we'll bring you live coverage courtesy of nj tv in englewood starting at 8:30 eastern here on c-span2. on sunday more senate debate coverage from connecticut where republican linda mcmahon and chris murphy debate to replace joe leishman. see it live -- joe lieberman. see it sunday on c-span. >> this is the first -- this is my fifth book, but the first i've written where there's an actual sustained storyline running through it. it's a true story of about, basically, ten days in london in 1854. and it's a story of an incredibly terrifying outbreak that took place during this period, an outbreak of cholera. and, in fact, the first half of the book is really quite, um, sobering and frightening in some way, um, as this outbreak just devastates this neighborhood in the western edge of soho. but it also turns into bei

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let's bring in senator bob menendez. have lost power, i believe it could be half of the state of new jersey. what's your understanding now as to how bad this storm was? was it as bad or worse than you thought? >> well, pretty bad, erin. you know, we've got anywhere from 3/4 of a million to 1 million of people without power. in the building i live in, three of the windows i was in got blasted out by the wind. we've got road closures. and major consequences as a result of sandy. >> and when you think back, your life in new jersey, how does this rate in terms of other storms? where i'm standing we're talking about the surge was a record, we didn't see anything like that, topped by almost three feet from what we saw back in 1960. is this the worst that new jersey's seen? >> i think it's the worst i've seen here in my lifetime in the state. between storm surges, between the wind, of course we're not through with it yet, it's as bad as i've ever seen. i've never seen the flooding that's taken place, for some coastal parts, it'

see from this next picture, which was just sent to us by one of the senators from new jersey, bob menendezit's just pretty incredible. and you see the water and the flooding. and it hasn't receded like it did in some places. in queens, new york, a storm-related fire burned through an entire neighborhood, destroying 80 homes. and today i went out there. we drove to see the destruction for ourselves, and we saw emergency vehicles everywhere. and i'm not talking, everyone, just about fire trucks and a few ambulances. at one point on the way to breezy point, new york, which is where this happened, we passed a convoy of 19 ambulances. 19 ambulances. all heading in to help that tight knit community, which was hit with flooding and then fire. deb feyerick is still out there tonight. and deb, i know it is a chaotic scene. thank you tell us what's happening right now? >> reporter: yeah, well, you know what's interesting? think about it, erin. 24 hours ago, that's the point when that huge seven to ten-food wave slammed into this part of breezy point. we are now learning, according to the nypd that a

this is one of the biggest differences between senator menendez than me. bobs very rigid in a very ideological. i want to work with everybody. i want to work with republicans. i want to work with democrats. i work at independence. i want to work with whoever the president is. president romney or president obama. the problem with our country in washington is that it doesn't match the greatness of the people. these guys don't communicate with each other. they don't get the job done and i'm going to go down there and get it done. menendez: first of all, i've reached out to the other side. new jersey is the highest rate of autism in the nation. i reached out to the republican senator from wyoming to my past the act into law, critical for those families. iran is the national security threat to the united states and state of israel. i joined with the republican senator from illinois would pass the most crippling sanctions by one country against another and god in 100 to zero vote in the united states senate, something you don't see too often. working with republican

senate and we can't forget bob menendez. that makes it three or as i call him my democratic -- so he is also in the race and we hope he wins in new jersey. florida, florida has become more diverse within the hispanic community. we have seen an increasing number of colombians become citizens and become active politically. maria is originally from columbia and we have seen -- become active. puerto ricans are very important at that crucial i-4 swing corridor and we have americans who are still the biggest kids on the block but they are not the only kids on the block. candidates today not only have to, -- they have got to do a lot more microtargeting with other hispanic groups and that is why you see a lot of conversation going on about latin america, about issues important to the puerto ricans like education and health care and it's why you are seeing government release fortuno puerto rico spending a lot of time or louise gutierrez in alaska some of the puerto rican congresspeople come down and you know so we are seeing a lot o

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>> you were talking to senator bob menendez about seaside heights this is the jersey shore, totally obliteratede governor chris christie told reporters he took his family to the roller coaster and the merry-go-round. chad myers is with me as we look at the pictures. >> that was fun town before it got hit. we'll take you to the casino as well. this is what the boardwalk looked like, beautiful, pristine, great beach, it burns your feet to get to the shore, to the water, that's how great and how long the beach is there, all the way down to wild wood. and now look what we have. >> this is -- do we have the current pictures? that was the roller coaster and now sitting in the atlantic ocean. >> the entire pier is gone. this is devastating to think about the pier being gone, but the pier is just the pier. the people are behind the pier, the people's homes that live there, the full time residents, there is an awful lot gone to the west of there as well. the entire seaside beach area is just a small sliver of -- just a spit of sand, literally. only about, i don't know, six blocks wide. the water went co

senator bob menendez of new jersey will be joining us as well.ground, many more partially burned in queens new york neighborhood. we were talking about this story. breaking news yesterday. this morning we'll talk to a man who lived in this home for 35 years. he lost everything in this disastrous fire as did his neighbors. we'll talk about what happens as they rebuild. president obama is going to get a look at the damage himself just days before the election. he'll tour the flood zones in new jersey. with someone he's often at odds with, we were talking about earlier this morning. governor chris christie. he says listen, i call them as i see them. sometimes i'll praise him, sometimes i won't. we'll talk with jen psaki from the obama campaign. that's all ahead at "starting point." >> all right, fantastic. >>> superstorm sandy brought air and ground traffic to a halt. a grinding halt. two of the three major new york airports are reopening but look at laguardia. closed. still. due to flooding. who knows when, if it will open any time soon. cnn's rich

first of all, your congressional delegation, senator bob menendez, congressman frank, atlantic county executive dennis levenson, and the brigantine mayor. obviously this is a federal, state, and local efforts. the first thing i want to do is thank everybody who has been involved in the rescue and recovery process. at the top of my list, i have to say governor christie, throughout the process, has been responsive, he has been aggressive in making sure the state got out in front of this incredible storm and i think the people of new jersey recognize he has put his heart and soul in making sure the people of new jersey bounce back even stronger than before. i want to thank him for his leadership and partnership. i want to thank the congressional delegation because part of the reason we are able to respond quickly is because they help make sure fema financing was in place. we are appreciative of those efforts. i want to thank craig fugate. sometimes people think fema, not the people behind it but craig lives and breathes this stuff, may shrink -- making sure we're providing help. i want t

and we can't forget bob menendez. that makes it three he's also in the race when eop wins in new jersey. florida has become more diverse within the hispanic community. we have seen an increasing number of colombians become citizens, become very active politically. originally from columbia. we've seen venezuela also become very active. puerto ricans in that crucial swing, and we've got americans that still the biggest kid on the block but they're not the only kid on the block some candidates today would not only have to come during the cuban crisis with a lot more like her targeting with other hispanic groups is why you see a lot of conversation going on about pre-trade and latin america and issues that i appointed like education and health care it's why you're seeing the government and for rico spending a lot time. white you are seeing them in alaska some of the puerto rican congress people come down. so we are seeing a lot of activity. i think president obama -- what we see today, and let's remember these polls are a

first of all, congressional delegation, senator bob menendez, senator lautenberg, atlantic county executiven and brigantine mayor gunther. obviously this is a federal, state and local effort. and the first thing i want to do is just to thank everybody who's been involved in the entire rescue and recovery process. at the top of my list i have to say that governor christie throughout this process that be responsive he has been aggressive in making sure that the state got out in front of this incredible storm. and i think the people of new jersey recognize that he has put his heart and soul into making sure that the people of new jersey bounce back even stronger than before. i want to thank him for his extraordinary leadership and partnership. i want to thank the congressional delegation because part of the reason we're going to be able to respond quickly to all of this is because they helped make sure that fema financing was in place. and we're very appreciative of those efforts. and i want to thank craig fugate. sometimes people thank not just fema but they need to think the people behind hi

and yet, we have five elected republican statewide as opposed to the democrats who have whined, bob menendeze senator marco rubio. we have brian sandoval and nevada. the sky at the least for to know in puerto rico. and short of a nuclear meltdown, we're going to have ted cruz and texas. i think this success has been to they are not niche candidate. in other words, mark rubio was a mainstream republican candidate. he had to repost the republican base, there it is coming is to cuban hispanics that is not a niche candidate and he is not burdened by being put into retort for what he is is the latino candidate. you can say the same thing for cruzan immersed in a brian sandoval sacral labrador. who would've thunk there could've been a mormon puerto rican arrested at an idaho of all places? and it's not because that's in hispanic district. he's not a niche, nearly paid hispanic or latino candidate. he is a mainstream republican candidate. we've given them the freedom to deal to do that and we've been able to develop stars they can use that as a platform. i think that's very encouraging and i don't

campaign 2012 conference continues with a new jersey senate debate between democratic incumbent bob menendez and republican challenger, joe kyrillos a)i"aa! >> i have all the channels. house, senate plus author book reviews come the speeches, those kinds of things. @l.a. bill is coming up on the floor in the house, i watch camino, which channel i want to see because i have them all. if there is either a speech i know that you covered or a book review or someone, i am going to watch that. when i want to find out something, that has some value to a comment that's going to be one of the first places i look. i mean, i am obviously a public broadcasting fan. i watch those channels. out of a couple hundred channels i probably have five to 10 at the most that i'm going to go to. but it's going to include all the c-span channels. >> he was presidential. i think you just never know what positions governor romney is going to come with your gmail, the centerpiece of their economic policies so far has been the tax cut and last night we found out he doesn't have a fight for a tax cut and i guess he outso

. >> new jersey senator bob menendez and republican challenger joe kyrillos recently took part in their third and final debate. "the cook political report" listed this race as the likely democratic. courtesy of w. iptv in trenton, this is an hour. >> hello, i am jim gardner from six abc action news and we are here at the debbie tbi charden bureau with new jersey senate candidate, republican joe kyrillos and democrats robert menendez. our panelist with us today are univision reporter mariela salgado and matt friedman from the star-ledger. moderating with me, wabc anchors diana williams. we have a few simple rules to share with you before we get started. the format today will include questions of the candidates from me, diana and her to panelist. we will be around when the candidates will be able to question each other and there will be answers. >> moderator: the order was determined by a coin toss a short time ago and for fairness they will be time limits on the responses gentleman. the time limit is one minute. we have a lovely light system with yellow and red so if you don't stop talki

and on c-span2 today here at 8 eastern, a new jersey senate debate between incumbent senate bob menendez and state senator carillos. it'll be held at montclair state university and courtesy of nj tv in new jersey. live coverage at 8 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. [applause] >> we need to tackle our nation's challenges before they tackle us. we need to save and strengthen medicare and social security, and we're putting the ideas on the table on how to do that. we're not going the try and scare seniors, we're going to save these benefits for seniors and for my generation so that these promises are kept. >> they have laid out clearly, they say, that what barack obama and joe biden did is they've endangered medicare, they've stole money from medicare, and they've done it to get obamacare and all this, and you see in the ads, and you hear it in everything they say. nothing could be further from the truth. >> next thursday night, october 11th, congressman paul ryan and vice president joe biden will face off in their only debate. abc news' martha rad dismoderates from center college in danville,