so even if someone starts digging in yard signs saying bob thompson for mayor, and for bob thompson to actually appear on the ballot and be elected at some point, mr. thompson would need to declare. while that is not necessarily spelled out on the yard sign. >> this is not actually if they can achieve the elected os. we're aiming at people who are spending money in support of a candidate, in september of someone who is not a candidate for elected office and we want to close that loophole. i don't see the advantage of lipting it to people who are encouraging or urging -- i mean why not just leave a1 as-is. i mean, i have another slight amendment to it. what are we worried about that required us to define what "support" means? >> i think that is a fair point. he think what you are generally saying is that if we define "support," or possibly excluding things in the definition. i think that is a very fair point. i would also just point out subsection 4 does allow the ethics commission to propose regulations and i think the reason that we put that in there, we know that to the extent there

so even if someone starts digging in yard signs saying bob thompson for mayor, and for bob thompson to actually appear on the ballot and be elected at some point, mr. thompson would need to declare. while that is not necessarily spelled out on the yard sign. >> this is not actually if they

he is joined by panelists including former senator fred thompson, bob bennett and james fallows of the atlantic. just getting under way. >> you will be out by 8:35 at the latest. governor, i know you have to leave at 8:25. we will have phases here. i may even plunge into the audience and involve all of you into this conversation. i will stop now and when i get my cue from my aunt -- from my producer, we will began. -- we will bein. gin. [applause] >> hello from the george washington university. welcome. i am frank sesno. you are in political theater on center stage. out of time -- at a time in american crisis, face the facts is the project of the george washington university. we put out facts daley because we feel our discussions need to have facts put back into them. our panelists will help us do that. in the 90 minutes ahead, we will ask the basic but important the-- can we americans still do great things? i know you all want to nod your head yes but it is a tougher question then it seems. we have an amazing panel and are asking them to play roles tonight and deal with a fictional sc

. >> let's check in with mary thompson in for bob this morning.ing on this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, melissa. as expected, see a split market. the s & p 500 has just turned positive. keep in mind that the s & p is up for the last six trading sessions. if we end higher today it would be a seven-day winning streak. the dow just off the highs of the day, up 32 points. basically, what we are seeing today is concerns about apple offsetting very decent economic data we received, jobless claims falling to you a five-year low and good manufacturing news out of china and germany as well, the manufacturing numbers from france were a little bit weak. this puts the s & p five-year high the dew is within striking distance of the all-time high, 3% below those levels. also at an all-time high the transportation index. it continues its record run right now, up 47 points. again, at an all-time high. a couple things behind this. take a look, union pacific came out and reported stronger than expected earnings, the fourth railroad to come in with

first up, scott thompson, english teacher is accused of pulling the flag off the wall and stomping on it in front of students feoffment speech or is american culture in decline. bobping on it in front of kids? >> bob: it's terrible. i think there are laws against defacing a flag. not sure that he is not in that territory. to do it in front of kids, i'm not sure what the point was. he said it's cloth. it's more than cloth. represents a lot of thing. >> kimberly: fire him. this is outrageous. i would be so angry i would literally protest and sit at the school every day. >> eric: you have won't have to do that. i called and spoke to gentleman name mark bounds with the district, chapin south carolina high school and they did. terminated him today. on the administrative leave. 20-brother veteran of the army who said -- 20-year veteran of the army said he did it in school. he would have thought to the death for him to do outside of school but in school made the difference. free speech or wrong? >> andrea: he has the right to do it sadly. but it doesn't make it right. in a public school if he is defacing it, the teachers not supposed to share their opinion. this is a kn

bob from the great state of ohio. representative diane black from tennessee. teeth from pennsylvania. -- keith from pennsylvania. we have brad and his wife monica from ohio. we have tom rooney from florida. glenn thompsonthe great state of pennsylvania. wagner from misery. -- missouri. also, to share remarks with us this afternoon, i am very happy to introduce representative chris smith of new jersey. [applause] chris smith is the chairman of the congressional pro-life caucus and has served in that role for over 26 years and has been a leader in the advancement of numerous pro-life legislative initiatives. he is the chairman of the house subcommittee on human rights, and the former director of new jersey right to life. these join me in welcoming chris smith. [applause] >> thank you very much, patrick. it is an honor for my wife and i to be here among you. and to be surrounded by men and women come up members congress, who tenaciously fight and defend basic fundamental human rights, especially the right to life. it is great to be with them and to you. 40 years ago this past tuesday, mike the us bank -- marks the u.s. supreme court abandonment of women and babies to the abortionists. 40 years of victims.