i am brad ashford and i approve this message. rad ashford, working to change congress. >> the debate between them was hosted by the "omaha world herald." topics included or in policy and domestic issues like the minimum wage and health care. this is one hour. >> hello and welcome to this evening's race for congress. i'm a senior political reporter at the omaha world-herald. thank you for joining us. we are coming to you from the university of nebraska at omaha's campus. this debate is sponsored by the world herald and produced by the staff and students of u.n.l. television. we are looking for a robust change of views between republican nominee lee terry and democratic challenger brad ashford. we are going to rotate the order and questions the candidates will get. they're each going to get about 50 seconds to respond. in the middle of the debate, the candidates will get to ask each other a question. otherwise, i'm going to ask a question. i also will determine if a follow up is in order. this response should be no more than 30 seco

there was another bill in the legislature that brad ashford could have pushed providing workforce training and skills for veterans but he wouldn't allow it. >> i think mr. ashford, you're up. >> i sup sorted job training bills in the legislature. i pushed vocational -- 21st century vocational education. have supported certainly training for veterans and disabled veterans. we passed a bill in 2014 to do that. the bill that lee is talking about talked about giving further resources directly to employers. i wanted to see the money go for training directly to our veterans. but let me say this about the question. i think that we need to unleash our economy. we have spent now at least in congress for 14 years we have not had corporate tax reform in 14 years. we have to bring the $2 trillion that is located outside of the united states, it's lodged outside of the united states, bring it back to america, get our country moving again. >> do you want to comment on the corporate tax reform? >> yeah. as a matter of fact, it has to be reformed and that's been one of my goals in congress. we've had our

terry and between lee brad ashford and sunday, the u.s. senate debate between democrat reuss braley and joni ernst. more than 100 debates for the control of congress. all weekend, american history tv is joining our comcast partners to showcase the history of st. paul, minnesota. to learn more about the cities on our tour, visit c-span.org. we continue with our look of the history of st. paul. this is american history tv on c-span3. alexander ramsey was a politician who achieved recognition and people don't realize that. he was not from minnesota. he and his wife or from pennsylvania. 1815. born in he rose through the ranks, he started as a lawyer and then became involved in the whig party, served in congress, and that is how he made connections. his would help him later in life, including working for zachary taylor. taylor was so grateful the work a pointid, he wanted to in the first territorial governor of minnesota. first had a career from territorial governor, the mayor of st. paul, second elected state governor, u.s. senator, serving w

the nebraskatween second congressional representative lee terry and state senator brad ashford. debatesay, risk greatly republican johnny ernst. campaign 2014. more than 100 debates for the control of congress. c-span is traveling the united states. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. ♪ >> we are standing at the historic fort snelling. the fort really is the first foothold in the region for united states expansion. during the early 1800s, you began to have this idea of spreading across the country, of the manifest destiny of the united states to spread from sea to shining sea. it is the god-given right of america to extend across north america. of course, that is problematic because there are other people who lived here first. the american indian nation. -- nations. in this region, it was primarily the dakota and the ojibway. it is a foothold for future expansion. after the fort was established here, nothing was the same. relations between american indians and this region and the united states government began to change. by the first euro

there was another bill in the legislature that brad ashford could have pushed providing workforce training and skills for veterans but he wouldn't allow it. >> i think mr. ashford, you're up. >> i sup sorted job training bills in the legislature. i pushed vocational -- 21st century vocational education. have supported certainly training for veterans and disabled veterans. we passed a bill in 2014 to do that. the bill that lee is talking about talked about giving further resources directly to employers. i wanted to see the money go for training directly to our veterans. but let me say this about the question. i think that we need to unleash our economy. we have spent now at least in congress for 14 years we have not had corporate tax reform in 14 years. we have to bring the $2 trillion that is located outside of the united states, it's lodged outside of the united states, bring it back to america, get our country moving again. >> do you want to comment on the corporate tax reform? >> yeah. as a matter of fact, it has to be reformed and that's been one of my goals in congress. we've had our

brad ashford a member of the nebraska state legislature. -- maha world harlede herald newspaper is hosting the ebate. >> from the cam us of the university of nebraska, race for the house, a debate for nebraska second congressional district. sponsored by the omaha world herald. the can't dits running for nebraska second congressional district are republican incumbent lee terry who is 52 years and -- years old and lives in omaha. he is married with three children. the

i'm brad ashford. our promises to veterans are thisnal and why i approve message. >> lee terry is fighting to keep our neighborhoods safe and he secured grants to strengthen community policing and he fought for the violence .gainst women act he passed a law in neighboring neighborhood activists to start a new fm radio station, giving voice to a community working to stop street violence. lee terry, working hard to keep us safe. >> i'm lee terry, and i approve this message. >> i'm running to make a difference for nebraska. reducing partisanship in washington is not one easy step am a one single day, or in electing one new member. i'm going to work from day one to create a coalition of 25 members of congress who set aside part -- partisanship and focus on solving problems, just like i've done for 16 years. i'm brad ashford, and i approve this message. >> brad ashford, working together, changing congress. >> tonight's live debate in nebraska's second congressional district is one of over 100 house, senate,

i am brad ashford and i approve this message. >> brad ashford, working together, changing congress. >campus of the university of nebraska and omaha, the race for the house a debate for nebraska second congressional district, sponsored by the omaha world-herald and produced by un no television. candidates running for the second congressional seat are republican incumbent lee terry, who is 52-years-old and lives in a law. he has been nebraska second congressional district representative since 1999. he's married and has three children. the democratic challenger is brad ashford who is 64-years-old and lives in omaha. he has been a nebraska state senator from 1987 to 1995 and from 2007 to the present. he is married and has three children. posted moderator for tonight's debate is robin, the senior political reporter with the omaha world-herald. >> moderator: hello and welcome to the debate in the race for congress in the nebraska second congressional district. im robin, senior political reporter at the omaha world herald. i will be your moderator this evening. thank you for joining us. we a

00,ay night nebraska's second congressional district debate between lee terry and state senator brad ashford. sunday, the iowa u.s. senate they between bruce braley and republican joni erickson. c-span campaign 2014, more than 100 debates for control of congress. "washington journal" is next. we will look at today's news and take your phone calls. peter bergen will talk about national security and the terrorism threat against the u.s.. live coverage from the bipartisan policy center begins at 10:00 eastern here on c-span. later in the day, a discussion with health and human services secretary sylvia burwell about implicating -- about implementing the health care law. that is at 1:30 p.m. eastern. jay solomonis hour, from "the wall street journal." umet.hen jason cregr and then mitch daniels looks at public education costs. you can >> good morning, it is tuesday, september 23. this is "washington journal". today we will open up our phone lines for your comments. we will begin with isis and syria. later we will discuss security concerns at the white house after a man hopped the fence and enter

thursday night at 9:00, the debate between representative lee terry and state under brad ashford. and next sunday, the iowa debate between bruce braley and republican joe ennis. c-span 2014, more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >> "the communicators" is next on c-span, with verizon enterprise solutions chief technology officer wade baker, talking about a recent report on data breaches. followed by wells fargo's ceo speaking at the national press club about the role of national services. and live at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a debate between the two candidates in the iowa governor race, terry branstad and democratic state senator jack hatch. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local public -- local cable satellite -- or satellite provider. >> no doubt you have heard about some of the data breaches at companies such as home depot and target, sony's playstation as well. this week on the -- "the communicators," we will discuss data breaches with wade baker of verizon. verizon has put up a data breach report

thursday night at 9:00, nebraska debate between lee terry and state senator brad ashford. next sunday the iowa sen knit debate. c-span 2014, more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >> for the third time this year, new jersey governor chris christie traveled to new hampshire this past week to campaign. he also attended a rally in support of u.s. senate candidate scott brown. since new hampshire holds the first presidential primary, his visit has renude speculation for possible 2016 presidential bid. >> they, everybody. >> nice to see you, sir. welcome to new hampshire. >> happy to be back. thank you. how are you? >> hi, how are. .ood to see you again >> god bless you, sir. >> thank you for coming today. > how are you? indiscernible conversations] >> i had to come and my friend is going it get a picture of me with you. > all right. ndiscernible conversations indiscernible conversations] >> we are going to do it again. we'll win this time. how are you? >> governor, nice to see you. thank you. >> we're certainly grad to have governor christie back in the great state

i am brad ashford and i approved this message. >> working together to change congress. >> you can watch the televised debate in an aggressor -- in the nebraska congressional debate on c-span. and watch the debates anytime at c-span.org. here are just a few of the comments we recently received from our viewers. >> i discovered c-span3. i didn't even know i had. i love it. straight of my alley. -- up my alley. >> they try to be non-biased and and republican lines. there is no democracy. the voices are limited. them toou could expand more third-party people. the democrats and the republicans are basically the same. if you could limit the amount of discussions you have with republican and democrat elected officials. voices. independent thank you. do, dose, whatever you not take c-span3 off. it is an educational show. i listen to it mostly every day. i am finding out more and more about my government. also, books and history. please do not take it off the air. why is c-span favoring republicans over democrats? let republicans call and demonize everything against the president? fair. is not >

i'm brad ashford and i approve this message. >> working together, changing congress. >>> the nebraska second house district candidates debate tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> now former housing and urban development secretary talks about housing needs for seniors. he comments on a new report released by the harvard joint center for housing studies which co-hosted this event along with the aarp foundation. he's a former mayor of san antonio, texas, and co-chairs the bipartisan community center. this is 30 minutes. [ applause ] >>> thank you very much. what an energetic presentation. it's not necessary to be the mayor of san antonio to become secretary of hud, but it doesn't hurt. lisa, thank you for your kind words about my city. and i am very proud of julian castro, but equally proud of his successor. san antonio is now the seventh-largest city in the country. there's never a city larger than san antonio to have an african-american woman mayor which we now do in san antonio. so it's a very inclusive place. even though the african-american population there is relatively smal

i am brad ashford and i approve this message. >> brad ashford working together, changing congress. >>c-span campaign 2014 debate coverage continues thursday night at 9:00. according to a new report from the centers for disease control it could be 1.4 million people at cases in liberia and sierra leone by the end of january at the outbreak isn't effectively control. that's next on c-span2. then nih director dr. francis collins talks about medical research, bioterrorism and lab security. >> over 28800 deaths have been documented since the first cases of ebola were reported six months ago. next, the head of the centers for disease control dr. tom frieden takes part in a discussion about the outbreak of ebola in western africa. this event is hosted by the university of pittsburgh medical center. >> we are going to begin. as people do come in please grab your lunches. i am the senior foreign-policy adviser for senator coons on behalf of senator coons and senator flake's offices i would like to welcome everybody today. we have a remarkable panel and we are very excited to have so many peopl

i'm brad ashford and i approved this message. >>> next, a hearing on the threats faced by the u.s.s and other terrorist groups. homeland security secretary jeh johnson joined james comey and matthew olsen as they testified before the house homeland security committee. this is 2 1/2 hours. >> the committee on homeland security will come to order. the committee is meeting to examine threats to the security of the homeland of the united states. before we begin today i would like to remind our guests that demonstrations from the audience, including the use of signs, placards, t-shirts as well as verbal outbursts are a violation of the rules of the house. i would like to thank our guests for their cooperation in maintaining order and decorum during today's hearing. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. secretary johnson, director comey, director olsen, we have asked you to come before the committee today to discuss the array of threats facing the u.s. homeland and the government's response. a chief concern of ours is the proliferation of terror safe havens around the world. t

eastern, lee terry and brad ashford debate. here's a look at some of the campaign ads airing in that race. >>> at one point in time our homeless veterans signed a contract with the united states government that we would go to battle and give our life if it's necessary. when you talk about homeless veterans, talk about the va hospital, when you talk about the veteran cemetery, you hear lee terry's name. you don't hear any other senator or congressman's name. lee terry, thank you for caring about our veterans and giving us an opportunity to serve them. >> i'm lee terry, and i approve this message. >> my dad flew a b-26 bomber on "d" day. my disagreements with congressman terry wnt personal but his votes against veterans sure are. congressman terry shut down the government, defended his own pay while soldiers were on the battlefield and protected congressional perks like taxpayer paid health care for life while cutting veterans' care. i'm brad ashburn. our promises to veterans are crucial and why i approve this message. >> lee ter

nebraska's second congressional district where the incumbent congressman faces a challenge from brad ashfordin an hour, 50 minutes, look at the president's strategy for combating isis with american university law professor and charles stinson of the heritage foundation. the michigan state university president on home education and the role of the big ten conference.

nebraska debate between litery and state senator brad ashford and sunday, u.s. congressman bruce braley. more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >> in texas, democrat wendy davis is running against republican greg abbott for governor. last week they held their first debate. wendy davis is a state senator whose district includes fort worth. greg abbott is the attorney general. the current governor rick perry s not running for re-election. this is an hour. >> good evening. >> people are watching this across the state of texas on tv, online and across the nation on -span. thank you for being here. for people watching at home, you can be a part of this debate. we would love to hear your response the what the candidates are saying and also keep score tonight. right now, some words to our spanish language viewers. >> thank you. [speaking spanish] >> carlos now with a review of the debate rules. >> the debate sponsored by doctors hospital and renaissance will last one hour. each candidate will have one minute to respond to questions and the opposing candidat

brad ashford. working together. changing congress. and brad ashford face-off in a debate tonight in nebraska's second district, which includes omaha. president obama will be at the white house this afternoon announcing the resignation of eric holder. he is stepping down after six years as the nation's top law enforcement official. let coverage of that begins tonight at 4:30 p.m. eastern. members of congress are weighing in on the attorney general's announcement a. on the senate side, this from patrick leahy -- again, president obama will have the announcement of his recognition -- resignation. secretary john kirby briefed reporters earlier today on the latest airstrikes against isis in syria, including the bombing of key oil refineries. he talked about the west -- the u.s. army division to iraq to provide assistance for iraqi security forces. , partner forces refineries isil oil located in eastern syria. an isil vehicle. we are assessing the outcomes of these attacks. initially, we believe they were successful. i will show you some im

night at 9:00 nebraska's second congressional district debate between lee terry and state senator brad ashford. next saturday the iowa u.s. senate debate between democrat bruce brailey and republican joni earns th. more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >> now the discussion on the challenges facing american youth today. from "washington journal" this is just over 30 minutes. >> joining us now is damon williams with the boys and girls club of america and he is the head of training and youth development services. he is a senior v.p. at the organization. thank you so much for being here this morning. >> thank you. it's a true pleasure. >> i want to start very basic and have you just explain what exactly the boys and girls club of america is. what does your organization do? >> sure. we're one of the oldest youth serving organizations in the nation, been in existence over a hundred years and have over 4100 club sites across the nation serving more than 4 million youth. our mission is to serve children, particularly those who need us most, and we focus in the three key areas. they're ac

congressional district debate between the incumbent republican representative leitery and state senator brad ashford. and next sunday the iowa u.s. senate debate between u.s. congressman democrat bruce braley and republican joni ernst. c-span campaign 2014. more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >> and now we resume the debate between republican governor terry branstad and his democratic challenginger jack hatch. governor branstad is iowa's longest serving governor. he served from 1983 to 1999 and then was elected to another term in 2011. jack hatch is currently an iowa state senator with 22 years in the iowa house and senate. the cook political report has this race listed as likely republican. this is live campaign 2014 coverage on c-span. our partners tonight, we continue our conversation now with the focus on accountability in leadership. throughout the campaigns, we have seen on television, and on our various airwaves, radio and newspaper as well, senator hatch has accused the branstad administration of being scandal ridden with no higher list, illegal buyout, settlements of state em

terry and between lee brad ashford and sunday, the u.s. senate debate between democrat reuss braley and joni ernst. more than 100 debates for the control of congress. all weekend, american history tv is joining our comcast partners to showcase the history of st. paul, minnesota. to learn more about the cities on our tour, visit c-span.org.

the debate there between brad ashford and representative litery tonight on c-span at 9:00 p.m. then we go to oregon for the governor's debate on friday. 2:00 p.m. other than time and sunday as well. 6:00 p.m. eastern time,s iowa senate debate. let's go to c-span.org. for more of our coverage of campaign 2014. sam in mississippi, republican. you're on the air. what is your confidence level in the president's isis strategy? >> caller: sear good evening zero confidence. i don't evening think he believes his own rhetoric. i bet the guy is completely overwhelmed with this job and another thing too, the lady from florida, she needs to quit watching sponge bob square pants and start paying attention to what is going on. she is a low information voter and i think this guy is completely overwhelmed with his job. >> sheila, interested caller from los angeles. >> caller: i want to say to the american people, we're going over there bombing isis. don't you realize that isis is likely already here. we have people here that we don't even know who are in this country. our borders are wide open

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i brad ashford.our promises to veterans are personal and why i approve this message. >> lee terry's fighting to keep our neighborhoods safe and strong. he secured grants to strengthen community policing. and he fought for the violence against women act, supported new laws to crack down on human trafficking and lee terry passed a law empowering the neighborhood activists to start a new fm radio station giving voice to a community working to stop street violence. lee terry working hard to keep us safe. >> i'm lee terry and i approve this message. >> i'm not running for congress to represent any political party. i'm running to make a difference for nebraska. reducing partisanship in washington isn't one easy step one single day or electing one member. i'm going to work from day number one to create a collision of 25 members of congress to set aside partisanship and focus on solving problems. just like i've done for 16 years. i am brad ashford and i approve this message. >> brad ashford working together,

morning at 7 eastern on c-span. 2014 debate coverage continues on thursday between lee terry and brad ashford and then sunday the iowa debate happens. then campaign 2014 more than a hundred debate for the control of congress. hearing on the inspector general's final report. the house veteran affair committee heard from general richard griffin and whistle blower and former va director sam foot. this panel is two hours and 40 minutes. >>> this hearing will come to order and i thank everybody for attending this hearing which will dpam examine the oig report on the phoenix va issue. i would like to ask consent, who is not here, that our colleague from arizona be allowed to join us here to address this issue. without objection so ordered. also, members, we do have a series of votes that will start at 1:00. i apologize for that. this hearing was moved from its original time because of the joint session of congress to hear the president of ukraine. after the final vote, we will y resume the hearing as quickly as possible so we will not keep the witnesses waiting any longer than absolutely necessary.

. >> nebraska's debate between litery and brad ashford. and sunday, the u.s. senate debate between bruce brayly and jonie ertz. c-span twain 2014. last week, our campaign coverage covered greg devitt and wendy davis. .he cook political report here is a part of that debate now. >> senator davis, do you regret voting for barack obama? >> mr. abbott, what i am working on right now is running for governor of this incredible state. and bringing policies forward that will benefit this 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 they dream. not haveago, i could imagined that i would have the privilege. strugglinga single mother of sitting on the stage and having the opportunity to ask texas to be its next governor. texas is at a turning point. it is important in this election. will we created 21st century economy that works for all hard-working texans or just some? i believe we need a governor who will fight for all hard-working texans every single day because their future depends on i

just like i've done for 16 years, i am brad ashford and i approve this message. 0 working together, changing congress. >> you can watch the televised debate in the congressional race here on c-span. watch more the campaign 2014 debates any time at c-span.org. >> this weekend on the c-span networks, friday night in primetime, the values voters tedit with texas senator cruz and kentucky senator rand paul. saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a national town hall on the impact of voting. sunday on q and a, sally quentin. greenefore 930, daniel and william mullet, two operation iraqi freedom veterans talk about their experiences in iraq hama isis, and the use of american force. saturday night, pulitzer prize-winning reporter matt technology on society. the brooklyn book festival friday on american history tv on c-span three, former chief of staff and advisers talk about the relationship with the commander-in-chief and how he makes important decisions. author jonathan white on the role of the union army and abraham lincoln's 1864 reelection. exploringernoon, first lady fashion. find our televisio

thursday at 9:00, nebraska's second congressional district between lee terry and senator brad ashford. and then iowa senate. c-span campaign 2014, more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >>> the inspectors general with the peace corps, justice department, and epa say delays to access to records and information not only impedes their investigations but also wastes taxpayer dollars. the i.g.s testified before the government reform committee wednesday in reference to a letter sent to members of congress outlining their concerns. 47 i.g. signed that letter. representative darylist oois -- daryl issa chairs the committee. >> the committee will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. the oversight committee's mission statement is we exist to secure two fundamental principles. first, americans have a right to know that the money washington takes from them is well spent. efficient, effective government that works for them. our duty is to protect these rights. taxpayers have a right to know that the money washington

there is a bill that brad ashford could have pushed, but he would not allow it out of the committee. job-trainingd bills in the legislature. i pushed the vocational education. training forted veterans, especially disabled veterans. we passed a bill in 2014 to do that. the bill that congressman kerry is talking about talked about -- congressman terry is talking about is giving direct resources to employers. i think we need to unleash our economy. not had corporate tax reform in 14 years. trilliono bring the $2 that is located outside the united states, bring it back to america, get our country moving again. >> do want to comment on the corporate tax reform? >> it has to be reformed and that is been one of my goals in congress. the rest of the world has gone this way. we have an old code for a different time that has to be modernized and we need our president and the senate to get engaged. >> i think we will move on to the next question. do you think the growing income inequality is a problem? so, what should the federal government do about it? years, the gdp14 has increased by about 4

congressional district debate between the incumbent representative lee terry and state senator brad ashford. iowa debate.e coveragebringing you from races all over the country. you can see the debates we cover at c-span.org. look at the candidates for iowa's governor's race, terry branstad jack hatch. if you're going to be a leader, you need to be a governor who is andg to be open transparent, and it's just unacceptable that the governor sayss in front of us and that he's open and transparent and has nothing to hide, when all they've been doing is hiding, and not just an attack but thedidate, accusations come from legitimate legislature, the state auditor's office, from the whots, and from individuals take the time to sue him and his office these are not the actions of a lead.or who can >> governor? >> this is iowa, not illinois. most of the former governors in illinois are in prison. back in office because the people of iowa trust me. they know me. honest.w i'm [cheers and applause] i have been totally open and transparent and i have a press takerence every week and i the tough questions f

lee terry andween state senator brad ashford. owat sunday, the io debate. c-span campaign 2014, more than 100 dates for the control of congress. >> janet yellen held a news conference wednesday. it followed the announcement that the fed will keep a keen interest late low as the economy continues to grow on us lopez. followingd a meeting the open market committee which is the branch of the federal reserve of the chairman's monetary policy. this is about one hour. release of this information is not meant to convey any change in the stance of policy. policyknow, the view on is almost policy statement which i won now discuss before coming back to the normalization plan. as indicated in the policy statement, we decided to make another reduction in the case of purchases. the committee also maintains its for guidance regarding the federal fund target and reaffirmed its view to the highly accommodative stance of monetary policy remains appropriate. me discuss the economic conditions that underpin these actions. the economy is continuing to make progress with the ob

ebola outbreak in west africa. 2014 coverageaign continues with debate coverage of lee terry and brad ashford 2014, more than 100 debates for the control of congress. insenator tim kaine theating isis tuesday at center for american progress. his remarks are just over an hour. good afternoon. theame is ted strickland, president of the center for american progress action fund, behalf of near tanden, the president of the center for and on behalfess of our colleagues, we welcome you here. we thank you for joining us and given what has happened over the last few hours, this event is a very event. statew that the islamic of iraq, or isis, is horrific ally barbaric. they have been described as too violent for al qaeda. in near genocide yazidi minority group, and they have conducted gruesome beheadings. the american people are now galvanized in support of action this threat. president obama has laid out his degrade and ultimately to defeat isis. here at c.a.p. and c.a.p. action broadly support the president's plan but we are very eager for a robust congressional and new congressional action to author

.- brad ashford live coverage 9:00 eastern time here on c-span. tomorrow, taking you to oregon for a debate between candidates for governor. the incumbent debates republican dennis richardson in a race rated safely democratic. earlier today, president obama spoke at the united nations about the recent outbreak of ebola in west africa. gathering. the u.n. >> mr. secretary general, thank you for bringing us together today to address an urgent threat to the people of west africa, and a potential threat to the world. dr. chan, heads of state and government, especially our partners from africa, ladies and gentlemen, as we gather here today, the people of liberia, guinea and sierra leone are in crisis. as secretary-general ban and dr. chan indicated, the ebola virus is spreading at an alarming speed. thousands of men, women and children have died. thousands more are infected. if unchecked, this epidemic could kill hundreds of thousands of people in the coming months. ebola is a horrific disease. it's wiping out whole families. and it has turned simple a

nebraska's debate between lee terry and state senator brad ashford. on sunday the iowa u.s.ate debate. c-span campaign 2014. more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >>> foreign policy experts look at the israeli-palestinian conflict focusing on political and humanitarian issues. the middle east institute hosted this event. >>> these numbers mean 69% of the total killed were civilians. israel challenges the numbers but the tabulation is ongoing. 66 isd soldiers were killed as well as six civilians inside israel. palestinian sources put the cost of gaza's reconstruction at nearly $8 billion. the key question for us today in this panel discussion is what will it take to translate the current truce into an enduring agreement. what is the likelihood that the demands of the respective parties, israel, hamas, palestinians will be addressed in future talks including an end to israel's blockade to gaza and the disarmament of ha mavs. basically the question, if i can put it in one sentence, is how did we get here, and how can we avoid getting here again. we have an excellen

congressional district debate between the incumbent rerepresentative lee terry and state center brad ashfordiday amb at 2:00 the oregon governor's debate between john kitzhaber and dennis richardson. sunday the iowa u.s. senate debate between bruce braley and joni ernst. >>> a panel of legal and health care analysts examine recent opposing federal appeals court opinions concerning federal tax subsidies pertaining to the health care law. in july a federal appeals court called into question tax subsidies that assist low and middle income americans saying financial aid can only be paid in states that established their own health care exchanges. 37 states have exchanges operated by federal government. a separate appeals court came to an opposite ruling saying the irs correctly interpreted the will of congress when it issued regulations allowing subsidies in all 50 states. the implications for states and consumers if subsidies in states with federally facilitated exchanges are ruled invalid. george washington university hosted this event. >> it looks like no one else is coming and i'm used to thi

night at nine, nebraska's second congressional district debate between lee terry and state senator brad ashford. and next sunday, the iowa u.s. senate debate between democrat bruce braley and republican joni ernst. >> in testimony before the senate foreign relations committee, secretary of state john kerry reiterated there'll be no ground troops in the u.s. fight against isis. former u.s. ambassador to syria robert ford also testified. this is four hours. >> no more war! >> no more war! no more war! no more war! no more war! no more war! no more war! no more war! no more war! no more war! >> the committee will come to order. mr. secretary, you have a warm welcome. [laughter] having just returned from a coalition-building mission that will determine the breadth of support and course of thesion anti-isil strategy in the near and long term, you're here at a critical moment for the iraqi and syrian people, for the region, and for the united states and the world.ra let meqi say at the outset in my view the coalition you are working hard to build will require fully engaged and fully contributing seni

> c-span campaign 2014 continues thursday night at 9:00, nebraska debate between lee terry and brad ashford. and sunday the iowa debate. c-span campaign 2014, more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >> up next on c-span, former chair hiefs of staff general hew shelton talks about the group isis. then crbs news correspondent ill host a discussion on isis. >> general hew shelton is a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff having serve frd 1997 to 2001. he joins us as we continue discussing u.s. strategy to combat isis. as you look at the threat to combat isis, do you think isis can be defeated without having boots on the ground? >> first of all, i'm delighted to see that we now have a strategy and it's being articulated. the thing i think that is very worry some is we can't use solely air power to defeat isis. if you can't do that, then do we need to put boots on the ground? >> i think you heard general dempsey testify last week say that ultimately we need to be prepared to have to put boots on the ground. i would submit -- i would say first and foremost, we need to think abo

and this year he's being challenged by democratic state senator brad ashford. you can see the candidates debate tonight live on our companion network, c-span, at 9 eastern. >> arkansas' governor is term limited after eight years in office, and two former congressmen -- democrat mike raz and republican asa hutchinson -- are running to replace him. up next on c-span2, a debate between the two candidates. >> tonight the candidates for arkansas governor square off. a debate unlike anything arkansas has seep before. two candidates -- has seen before. two candidates with extensive political history. the attorney turned lawmaker, the small businessman who became a congressman. neck and neck in the polls. tonight your chance to see where they stand and how they differ. businessman mike ross. >> there are big differences between congressman hutchison and myself. >> obviously, we want to expand opportunity. i want to reflect our values. >> the debate begins now. from are your local election headquarters, we present this live, statewide presentation. the arkansas governor

republican tery and democrat brad ashford. >> i'm harry waller from nebraska. at one point in time, our homeless veterans signed a contract with the united states government and said we will go to battle and give our life if it's necessary. >> when you talk about homeless veterans and the va hospital and the veteran cemetery, you hear their name. thank you for caring about our veterans and giving us an opportunity to serve them. >> i approved this message. >>> he caught here early in and never forget those who serve our nation. my disagreements are not personal, but the votes against veterans sure are. the congressman shut down the government and defended his pay while soldiers were on the battlefield while cutting veteran's care. our promises to veterans are personal. >> he is keeping our neighborhood and strong. he fought for the violence against women act and cracked down on human trafficking and passed a law empowering an activist to start a new fm radio station giving a voice to stop street violence. lee terry. working hard to keep us safe. >> i'm lee terr

between lee terry and brad ashford. sunday, the iowa u.s. senate debate between bruce braley and joni ernst. c-span campaign 2014. more than 100 debates for the control of congress. the 2015 student cam video competition is underway. opentable middle and high school students to create a five-seven minute documentary on on the three branches and you. showing how a policy, law or action by the executive, legislative or judicial branch is affected you or your community. fore are 200 cash prizes students and teachers totaling $100,000. for a list of rules, go to student cam.org. >> "washington journal" continues. we are doing a, month-long series of interviews with university presidents in conjunction with c-span's big 10 college tour. this morning, the c-span buses on the campus of northwestern university in chicago. now joining us is morton schapiro. mr. schapiro, let's begin with challenges that you see to higher education as the president of northwestern university. guest: thank you and welcome to you. i wish you were here in person. it's a

incumbent republican retailer is being challenged by brad ashford. you can see that live thursday night on our companion opera, c-span. >> last night the u.s. launched airstrikes against fighters in syria and today the bipartisan policy center hosted a discussion on the threat from isis and other terrorist groups. we will hear from a former state department and national security council officials as well as terrorism analyst peter bergen. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> thank you. i am catherine herridge. thank you for being here this morning and be invested in our nation's security. you were all very familiar with our panelists, but i am going to give you a brief thumbnail sketch of each of their backgrounds and then we will launch into today's discussion and there could not be a better come as there was a tv news that they pay for this discussion will be seen overnight with the targeted strikes in syria and not only the targeting of isis, but also a group which has been very focused on lodging plots against the united states and specifically the

nebraska's second congressional district, we carried a debate between republican lee terry and democrat brad ashford here is some of their exchange. >> hindsight is 20/20 and what one could say i think is that had we left troops on the borders with syria, we could have maintained some training mission and some support mission on the border with syria theoretically, and in and around baghdad and other parts of iraq. that train has left the station at this point. and i don't see -- i really don't see us coming back into iraq with that kind of force now or in the future. >> well, i agree that hindsight is 20/20. the reality is that the laissez-faire policy of the president of not helping with the establishment of the document are or pulling military out too quickly so they weren't trained, when the government started in essence punishing segments of their society,are o out too quickly so they weren't trained, when the government started in essence punishing segments of their society, all of that we should have been much more involved to prevent that from halvinf i happening and we have had isil. i did

congressional district debate between the incumbent representative lee terry and state senator brad ashfordunday the iowa u.s. senate debate between u.s. congressman democrat bruce braley and republican jodiny ernst. c-span campaign 2014 more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >>> we turn now to health care and a look at insurance providers. insurance commissioner ted nickel says he favors a fixed regulatory approach as several insurance company exclude certain providers from their networks in an effort to control costs. also this discussion will hear from the obama administration's former director of insurance exchanges. this discussion was hosted by the alliance for health reform. >>> okay folks we're going to go ahead and get started. good morning. and on behalf of the alliance for health reform, and our honorary co-chairman senators rockefeller and blunt i'd like to welcome you to this morning's session about network adequacy. i'd like to thank our two sponsors, the blue cross/blue shield association and the university of pittsburgh medical center. if you are following us on

terry andetween lee brad ashford. the iowa u.s. senate debate between bruce braley and joni ernst.more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this week, we continue our series of interviews at the ofversity -- interviews university presidents. this morning, the c-span buses on the campus of purdue university. now, joining us from produce campus is its president, mitch daniels. thanks for being with us this morning. caller: welcome to purdue. host: if you so much. -- thank you so much. what do you think the greatest challenges are facing higher education right now? guest: to prove that the value we have associated with a college degree is still there and then it's worth the money that colleges and universities are charging for it. here at purdue, we talk about higher education at the highest proven value. that may seem obvious. we look for quality compared to the price we pay. if that's not what's been going on in higher ed for a long time. higher and higher charges for diplomas that are more and more suspect. as is entirely understand

brad ashford, do you agree? >> ashford: here is what i think about this. it is impossible for me to know because i did not see, was not briefed. i do not know about the intricacies of that since the congressional decision thought i'd do believe is -- and that ought to understand this. maybe it can be explained how congress could have left washington after four days coming back from the summer vacation and had a vote on training syrian moderate rebels without a thorough discussion and debate about where that was going to go. and i think those questions need to be asked, and i think the authority needs to be discussed and debated, what authority we have been making this move. i would say, stay in washington, debate for a couple of days. only four days of congressional meetings after the summer recess. it should have been thoroughly debated, at least over the weekend after that vote. >> moderator: mr. lee terry, you get a chance to respond. >> terry: and there were several days of discussion. the process was that the president asked for congress to make the a