democrat dave domina, republican incest an independent jim jenkins and todd watson are vying for the seat vacated by senator mike johanns. according to a cbs "new york times" poll, mr. sasse leads mr. domina by 26 points. this is 90 minutes. >> welcome to the final 2014 nebraska u.s. senate debate. presented by n.e.t. news in cooperation with the nebraska broadcasters association. i'm bill kelly, the moderator for the next debate. we are live at north platte high school with a four candidates on the ballot for the general election, democrat dave domina, independent nonpartisan candidate jim jenkins, republican vince asked him an independent nonpartisan candidate todd watson. joininjoining me is that they'll distinguish broadcast journalists from across nebraska. mike tobias from n.e.t. news, jackie harms of dadt tv. tonight's format is little different than traditional candidate debate. first the are no opening statements. the candidates have the opportunity to record those earlier. you can find those on the n.e.t. news facebook page. check it out. also the in depth discussions on fo

according to a cbs new york times poll, ben sasse leads dave domina by 26 points. this is 90 minutes. ♪ >> welcome to the final 2014 nebraska u.s. senate debate. kelly, the moderator for tonight's debate. we are live at northwest high school with the four candidates on the ballot. jenkins, benjim watson.nd todd joining me if the panel of distinguished broadcast journalists from across nebraska. tonight's format is a little different. first, there are no opening statements. the candidates have the opportunity to record those earlier. you can find those on our facebook page. we will lodge in depth discussions -- we will have in-depth discussions. will not be allowed to question each other or directly address their opponents. not format will cover maybe every issue, but we hope it will provide more depth and substance. let's get started. our first area is u.s. involvement in foreign countries. last two decades have seen u.s. military forces involved in different ways and conflicts throughout the world. what is your criteria for the use of u.s. military resources in fo

. >> may please the court, i am dave domina, and i'm here on behalf of the three landowners that challenge lb 1161 and contend that it violates several statutes of the thoracic constitution. one of those was discussed earlier today, article four, section 20. in addition to that, additional ways for a pipeline applicant to seek ways to build a pipeline in nebraska provides routes that go without judicial review. if it goes to the governor and the governor makes the decision of the kind that would otherwise be made with legal limits applied and with due process hearing, if the governor makes that decision and set of the pfc, there is no judicial review in this statute. pfc, there's the no judicial review in the statute. for that specific reason, we see the court's decision today is pretty simple and straightforward. >> excuse me. standing echo >> yes, we do believe our clients have standing. for three separate reasons. the one that has not been discussed thus far is direct standing. i want to recall some dates. the161 was enacted by legislature on april 17. we filed this lawsuit on may 23 or

democrat dave domina.on-partisan candidate jim jenkins, republican jim sasse, and independent non-partisan candidate todd watson. joining me is a panel of distinguished broadcast journalists from across nebraska. mike tobias from net news. jackie harms of knop-tv of north platte and connie williams. tonight's format is a little different than traditional candidate debates. there are no opening statements. the candidates had opportunity to record those earlier. find those on the net news facebook page. check it out. we'll have in depth discussions on four topics at times question each area, discussion will continue without timed answers and ordered questions. candidates will not be allowed to question each other or directly address their opponents. this format hopefully will cover maybe not every issue for the voters but we hope it will provide more depth and substance on a handful of important subjects. get started our first area is u.s. involvement in foreign countries. first question is mike tobias from

including democrat dave domina, nonpartisan candidate, then sasse and tom watson.e will move forward on our third topic now. immigration. calling williams of mtv starts her discussion that goes to mr. sasse. >> went blank, i would keep saying we should secure our borders. what additional action can the u.s. senate take if you think this is a priority, would you take to secure our borders? sasse: yes, thank you for the question. obviously the first duty is to protect enemies foreign and domestic. we need secure borders. there are 19 different actors across the gulf coast, mexican border and canadian border. the customs and border control does not standard operating procedures. they don't have clarity you're the kind of clarity than any corporation has about its operating divisions, but what euro for your progress looks like to be reducing border crossings. we have a crisis that our borders and we should also acknowledge that the particular crisis that has been so undermined the nebraskans over the course of the last performance of these 55,000 to 65,000 unaccompanie

may it please the court, i am dave domina, and i'm here on behalf of the three landowners that challengelb 1161 and contend that it violates several provisions of the nebraska constitution. one of those was discussed earlier today, article four, section 20. in addition to that, additional ways for a pipeline applicant to seek permission to build a pipeline in the brusca provides for a route that is without judicial review. if it goes to the governor and the governor makes the decision of the kind that would otherwise be made with legal limits apply, with proof required, and with due process hearing, if the governor makes that decision and set of the pfc, there is no judicial review in this statute. for that simple and specific reason, i'm answered by the attorney general see the court's decision today as simple and straightforward. >> excuse me. standing? >> yes, we do believe our clients have standing. for three separate reasons. the one that has not been discussed thus far is direct standing. i want to recall some dates. lb 1161 was enacted by the legislature on april 17. we filed this

we begin with dave domina. david domina: you know, i've lived here all of my life, born here, educated here all in the public schools, didn't leave for an education somewhere else, didn't take a position in an administration in washington, didn't come back for the purpose of grooming myself to run for the united states senate. i'm here because i'm a nebraskan. i want to serve the people of nebraska. i understand our agriculture. i was born and bred in it. i understand our commerce, i've spent my life working in it. i understand our business needs, i'm a businessman. i've started businesses, nurtured businesses, sold them. i understand our markets. i've represented the cattlemen across the united states and nebraska as they've sought and fought for fair markets. i understand our water problems. i also understand that there is an attempt made sometimes to subvert our attention with phrases like "a humbler politics." nebraskans, it is not humbler in politics to accept seven-figure amounts of money from organization