. >> live, from the bushnell center. >> good evening from the theater at the bushnell in hartford, conn. welcome to the connecticut senate debate between richard blumenthal and republican candidate to linda mcmahon. fox brings you this debate tonight which will cover of a wide range of topics from the economy to foreign policy. the candidates will have 30 seconds rebuttal. the candidates will be signaled. the order has been determined by a coin toss. specific subjects and questions were chosen by fox connecticut and the harford current and have not been shared with or cleared by either campaign. the audience has promised to remain quiet. we will keep them to that. if no tears or clause or a purse of any kind. welcome to you both. if the first question to mr. blumenthal. we got questions from readers and viewers. this one comes from a viewer from ellington. how has your public elected office experience without any business experience preparing new to be a senator? >> thank you. i have stood up for the people of connecticut over 20 years fighting for them tenaciously. fighting for their i

raise the profile of the government's flagship innovation for checked archie correspondent daniel bushnell now brings us an update from the forum. first thing i did when he arrived into russia was to tweet to rosa's lee did mr medvedev say how excited he is to be in the country it was all very symbolic california's governor is in town to help transform russia's economy into a. world innovation so that one day these tools can create world leading brands such as twitter the head of the u.s. chamber of commerce here believes it can happen this high tech developments that you may not call r. and d. but that have been and can be incremental improvements on current business processes and technology and american companies can bring a lot to that they can work with russian companies will also make contributions so in addition to the kind of r. and d. we're looking for the big breakthrough in five years or ten years is also the very important aspect of modernizing the economy right now the incremental improvement that will make russia much more efficient on his ball with him dozens of silicon valle

democrat richard blumenthal and republican linda mcmahon will match up here at the bushnell center performing arts. i will be moderating. the latest battleground poll just out shows blumenthal with a 10-point lead. 52% to 42. let's get more on the race from chief political correspondent carl come ron. >> reporter: with exactly a month before election day, republican u.s. senate candidate linda mcmahon, former ceo of world wrestling entertainment, unleashed a new attack ad in advance of the crucial debate against attorney general and senate democratic rival richard blumenthal, who has repeatedly claimed falsely that he served in vietnam. >> the days that i served in vietnam. >> he lied about vietnam. what else is he lying about? >> reporter: we caught up with blumenthal at the parade and he has apologized for his misleading vietnam remarks but frustrated supporters counterattacking a feisty wrestling mogul with soft spoken rhetoric. >> there will be a contrast with my opponent. >> reporter: they want blumenthal to hammer mcmahon for shoddy treatment of w.w.e. performance who have a high tenden

we would like to thank the folks here at the bushnell theater and the hartford current. there is a gubernatorial debate tomorrow night on the same time and channel. we begin tonight with the keyword from the ceo, president, and publishing publisher of thed courant." >> we believe in an open and honorable and democratic process. we believe in every citizen's right to know -- tomorrow we will broadcast the gubernatorial debate from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. lastly, we encourage you to get out and vote nov. it second. from all of us, have agreed evening. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . >> because every business leader in this room knows that the single most important measure of success is how well our workers can compete. all of our education institutions have a critical role to play here. one of our most undervalued assets as a nation is our network of community colleges. it does not to serve as a good gateway to jobs for millions of middle-class americans, this is where businesses can draw. commu

. >> thank you gentlemen, thank you bushnell, thank you one and all. please hold your places for a quick word now from rich. >> thank you for watching tonight's debate for connecticut's gubernatorial office. fox connecticut and the "courant" believe in an open, honorable democratic process. we believe that a healthy democracycycycy >> looking at the california senate and governor's races from political wire, a new reuters poll in california find barbara boxer leading carly fiorina. 49% to 45%. in the race for governor, jerry brown has the lead over meg whitman. you can keep track of all the political races, including debates and speeches at our website, c-span.org/politics. c-span's local content vehicles are traveling the country as we look at some of the most closely contested house races leading up to this november's midterm elections. >> it is with a lot of hard work, with the message that you believe in limited government, get the government out of my way and that the blaze my own trail, quit spending my money and put people back to work. that is

. >> thank you gentlemen, thank you bushnell, thank you one and all. please hold your places for a quick word now from rich. >> thank you for watching tonight's debate for connecticut's gubernatorial office. fox connecticut and the "courant" believe in an open, honorable democratic process. we believe that a healthy democracy requires an informed and engaged electorate. turn to fox and the "courant" for the best election coverage in the state. >> you can learn more about the connecticut race business going on line to c-span.org/politics. you will find debates from the most competitive races for governor as well as key contests for the u.s. senate and house. all of that and more is at c-span.org/politics. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> how are you today in >> fine. >> i don't want to interrupt you. but what -- >> oh, you're not going? >> no. >> let me thank you and honor you, hope we see you next time around. thank you very much for your service. >> thanking the firefig

. >> thank you gentlemen, thank you bushnell, thank you one and all. please hold ur places for a quick word now from rich. >> thank you for watching tonight's debate for connecticut's gubernatorial office. fox connecticuand the "courant" believe in an open, honorable democratic process. we believe that a healthy democracycy just go ahead and join me in welcoming kshemendra paul. [applause] >> good morning. thank you for the kind introducon. m grateful to csis for hosting the event today. this is a wonderful forum which will allow us to explore the opportunities and challenges around building beyond the foundation, accelerating the delivery of the information-sharing environment. including clarifyingts scope and mission, the target vision towards which we are building together and how we measure the creative value. our high calling is to support our mission partners. the federal, state and local tribal and territorial agencies and our partners internationally and in the private sector. to protect the american people and enhance our national security thr