and that was our guest, david jackson. in 1995, who was covering the hearings. mr. jackson. what were those days like and what was the media coverage like? sunrise of sun up. it was the media coverage was intense. i mean, i think you guys broadcast them live and like huge swathes of the hearings were broadcast live. i know, by cnn. i don't think fox and msnbc had started yet, but all the major newspapers, all the networks were there. there was basically early, early morning, basically at night. and i think because you had so many as you mentioned, there were two committees involved in this. there were joint committee hearings. so you had, you know, 15 to 20 members on from both parties who wanted their question time. and they took as much questioning time as they could. so, yeah, it was it was quite an arduous ordeal, but they wanted to wrap it up as quickly as possible as well. so did the joint committees issue a report, and if so, what did they conclude with that initial report? and it was they were more critical of the government that they basically said that the entire m

stuart would talk about presidential politics and natural disaster with usa today david jackson. you go to 2012. you mentioned then that president obama and how he responded to hurricane sandy. this is october 2012. president obama joining then a new jersey governor chris christie after surveying damage from hurricane sandy in new jersey. >> obviously this is a federal, state, local effort. the first thing i want to do is thank everybody who is beenev involved in the entire rescue and recovery process. at the top of my list i have to say governor christie, throughout this 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 into makingng sue the people of new jersey and bounce back even stronger than before. i went to thank him for his extraordinary leadership and partnership. want to thank the congressional delegation. part of the receipt we will be able to respond quickly to all of this is because they help to make sure fema financing

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now, in just a minute, we're going to be joined by david jackson. he's with usa today now. but at the time of the hearings, he was with the dallas morning news and he covered these. he'll be joining us right after we hear from jeff quinn, who is an author whose most recent book is entitled waco, david koresh and the branch davidians and a legacy of rage. here's what happened. david koresh, formerly vernon wayne, how and the branch davidians live in a large, sprawling house that they call mount carmel on a hill outside waco, texas. they pretty much keep to themselves. they literally believe in every word in the bible, and they believe that david koresh is the lamb of the book of revelation. and he and his followers are about to bring about the end of times from the book of revelation by battling the forces of babylon. they've come to the attention of atf, alcohol, tobacco, firearms, arms for being in unlawful possession of semiautomatic weapons that have been converted to automatic weapons. there's nothing illegal about doing that. in 1993. if you register each weapon and yo

david jackson?i think trump is being held to a higher standard because he is running for president. you made a good point on the first one. another way the politics of disaster has changed is a lot people bring up climate change when the storms we are seeing our fiercer than they have ever been an people attribute that to climate change and feel like the government should do something about it. the only difference is climate change affecting the outcome of an election. host: what are you watching in the response and possible fallout of it? >> former president trump is supposed to address detroit in the afternoon, so i guess we will get initial comments on florida but just direction to the storm and how people react and what happens in florida. host: is florida in play? guest: no. george h. w. bush took florida in 1992, but voters and the rest of the country were not impressed with response to the hurricane, so i think it is the same kind of thing. if the response is botched, it will affect voters in

david jackson at our table this morning, national political correspondent with usa today. your headline, disaster politics. donald trump and kamala harris are the latest to deal with fallout. define disaster politics. >> basically it is when a disaster happens and there is an election going on and candidates try to take a vantage of it. host: this is not the first time it has happened. guest: not at all. has happened in recent decades and been an issue in several presidential elections, resembled the way president george h. w. bush handled hurricane -- for example the way president george h. w. bush handled hurricane andrew. hurricane andrew was at the time the worst hurricane the united states had ever suffered. it gutted south florida and people felt the government was too slow to respond. they had trouble getting trucks at equip down there, fuel, food. a lot of that wound up being blamed on bush. host: september 2, 2005, president george w. bush visits new orleans days after hurricane katrina. he thanked the fema director for efforts in the recovery. let's talk about th

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so much so that according to usa today's david jackson, trump is falling better today than he was back in 2016 and 2020. now, this poll should serve as a wake-up call for democrats. there is one silver lining here, that same nbc news poll shows abortion is the top motivating issue, at 22%, above immigration, protecting democracy, and the cost of living. it is an issue harris has been able to successfully campaign on, making her a clear and concise messenger for reproductive rights in this country. with trump, we know what we are getting. he stands for fascism, authoritarianism, mass deportation of immigrants. so much so that his former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, retired general mark milley, has referred to him as fascist to the corporate so, the question for democrats in the last stretch remains what are you for? what is vice president kamala harris for? and will that be enough to stop donald trump's authoritarian vision for this country? we have an all-star panel to break this down for us. ameshia cross, democratic strategist and former obama campaign adviser, nichols, and

. >> david jackson at our table, your headline, disaster politics. donald trump and kamala harris are the latest to deal with the fallout. design disaster politics. candidates try to take a vantage of it. host: this is not the first time it has happened. guest: not at all. has happened in recent decades and been an issue in several presidential elections, resembled the way president george h. w. bush handled hurricane -- for example the way president george h. w. bush handled hurricane andrew. hurricane andrew was at the time the worst hurricane the united states had ever suffered. it gutted south florida and people felt the government was too slow to respond. they had trouble getting trucks at equip down there, fuel, food. a lot of that wound up being announcer: the candidates running to represent alaska's sole at large congressional district. this debate is hosted by alaska public media. this is live coverage on c-span. moderator: incumbent democrat mary peltola and republican challenger nick begich. while there are four candidates on this year's b

. >> david jackson at our table, your headline, disaster politics.onald trump and kamala harris are the latest to deal with the fallout. design disaster politics. candidates try to take a vantage of it. host: this is not the first time it has happened. guest:

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jackson's "thriller." raising money for breast cancer research. ♪ thriller night ♪ >> david: and we learned today that after met them right here last halloween, they tell us "world news tonight" viewers donated $80,000, and tonight, those mombies have a new message for you. >> thank you, abc! >> david: and one year later, they're back. performing "staying alive" by the bee gees. among them, karen sullivsulliva battling stage four breast cancer, practicing during her che chemotherapy treatments, and right here tonight. >> hey, david. >> david: karen, that fighter, proud to call herself a mombie. >> the treatment i'm on did not exist until totality five years ago. that is the power of research. and that is why we dance. >> david: last year, you met joy martini, that was her message then. >> i'm a mombie and a breast cancer patient and i couldn't be more grateful and more proud than dancing with these women. >> david: this is joy now. >> hey, david. this year, i'm a mombie with no evidence of disease. >> david: we're so happy to hear it. and tonight, joining us, too -- >> hey, david. >> david: the mombies on t

jackson. ♪ >> reporter: this fall, in a place known for maple syrup, sound, too. music in the green mountain state from davidat the university of vermont who's performed around the world. ♪ his stage now, every single one of vermont's more than 250 towns. it's a project he started two years ago called "play every town." david sometimes even getting a little extra help to get his piano where he's got to go. >> i also like to localize the programs a bit more than that. >> reporter: these free concerts are a mission, he says, to focus on the environment. >> so the idea of this project is to call attention to the climate crisis. and we always meant to see all the towns in vermont. and now we're playing a concert in all of them. ♪ all while celebrating community through the joy of music. >> reporter: so far, he's performed in nearly 70 towns across the state with sights set on every single one over the next few years. ♪ near his hometown of huntington, a warm welcome. ♪ a duet with his wife, annalise, and donations to help the state rebound from recent floods. ♪ and he's got groupies. yeah, groupies following his

jackson. you can learn about presidential transportation, camp david, enslaved workers at the white house, presidents in sports, 30 two different stories in the gallery. those gallery side-by-side bring to life our contributions to the white house over the years and an array of other stories about the white house. host: let's look at that next. the art gallery exhibit at the people's house and then we will come back briefly. >> we are standing here in the people's house in front of the white house gallery. this is a beautiful gallery wall. how is did -- decided what is shown on the gallery wall? i'm sure there are lots of amazing pieces. >> the association was founded at the request of jacqueline kennedy. we were founded to support the funding of acquisitions for the permanent white house collection. since we have been around, we have helped acquire many things but we wanted to highlight some of the important pieces. we wanted to show the diversity of the collection that we helped reacquire for the white house in terms of flatware, decorative arts, furnishings, fine arts, you name it. >> how does thi

david, thank you so much for being with us. you've got former president obama, bruce springsteen, samuel jackson, a lot of star power tonight in georgia beyond in texas. after tonight, how much does having these big names helped the harris campaign well, first of all, let me say i think harry pulled up the hokey-pokey to get his to get his last slide in there at my expense. >> but look, i think that at this point these large crowd rallies are all about getting base voters out there, going to a county in georgia that joe biden carried with 81% of the votes. so they're not a persuasion mission in that part of georgia around and atlanta to so much persuade, although there's some of that as to motivate and tell people to get out and vote. i think there was some concern about early vote in georgia and some of the some of the numbers that were coming out of rural georgia and some of the republican efforts there. so i think that this is a well-timed rally to try and get people out engaged and voting. and you know, you bring your biggest, your biggest attractions to do that. and that's an all-star cast. as for uston, i think it's a li

jackson. i would say, yeah, who doesn't? >> so funny. reminds me of when davidt. m mrs. knowles was there too. made me think about that. >> that's so cool. >> we'll check that out. >>> next up, as "wheel of fortune," pat will be the mc for one last season of the show's spin-off series celebrity edition. they know a little something about playing games. >> sweet! >> yes. so close. i really love the paper triangle flicking and hitting game. >> we call it hate ball. >> why? >> because of how much angela hates it. >> we will have to see how they do at the wheel. that new season kicks off on october 14th. >>> finally jelly roll. he will be the latest sitting down with willie geist, opening up about the inspiration of his album, "beautifully broken". >> what is the message of this album? >> redemption and hope is where it leads to. you know, i think we're a little broken inside. if we're honest and vulnerable about where we're broken, that it could create more conversations to grow and move forward. >> we ran into jelly roll on the emmy's this year. he's so great. i i

spike lee, samuel l jackson all of them fighting to try to shut trump's hopes of getting georgia just 12 days before election night. >> my political sources are back here and david axelrod, georgia is close. i've been talking to republicans who say they think trump will eke it out there. but, but it is remarkable just how close it is given, you know, he's got a popular republican governor there that he's been feuding with. >> their wasn't always popular with trump certainly not, but he was popular with the voters right now. >> but what do you make? i mean, when you see the final days of this race as we were getting ready to interview secretary clinton, i was looking at the final days of her race. lot of celebrities out on the road with her. obviously, it wasn't what ultimately could could pull her across the line. does it make a difference here? what's the purpose? >> well, look, i think at this point you're trying to energize people will come out and vote. and i think that's largely what the purpose of that rally was. and celebrities do hell in attracting people in attracting attention, they delivering a get out the vote message. i think it's a useful exercise

david was just saying in michigan talk about the economy hoisted by the economic club. right here in c-span honor free video mobile apps he spent now online at c-span.org. favorite jackson national potable corresponded with usa today but thank you sir for your time. thank you. putting us this morning samantha at montana. author of the book disaster allergy dispatches from the front line of the climate crisis. she's also the massachusetts maritime academy emergency managementsi professor there. as florida wakes up this morning to the devastation of hurricane milton, what happens first on the grounds with the officials with the first responders. those on the front lines as you work. >> the first priority making sureur the hospitals and other critical facilities have what they need to start their operation. search and rescue. checking on folks who were unable to evacuate. checking in on shelters. making sure they have the resources they need. starting the process of assessing the damage. getting a basic supplies like food and water out to folks who need it. >> who does that work? >> a whole bunch of people. all different agencies. all different organizations are going to b

jackson was here.>>eorge: what was the like on set with him? you working. >> just standing there with a blue suit on. >> the man never left ma john david for a long time.r whatever reason she de ded the film, the behavior, and that dictate my movement. ne >> george: sounds pretty great. thank you all for comi so get ready to be whiplashed . eryone should release their and. innech activity. after a long day o das. das. we're talking super kitties! >> rebecca: from tv to toys, g.] oh boy. come on out! disney junior's live on play okay.l you are going home with