let me tell you a little more about emily cain. she is a former state legislator. first elected at the age of 25. she was two-time democratic candidate for the u.s. house. thank you very much for being with us. emily: i'm thrilled to be here. the twot me introduce reporters that will be here. thank you for joining us this week. before we get started with questions, i wanted to tell our audience about some of the statistics going into this month's election. in the primaries, 200 35 women have won house nominations. major party nominations. senaten have won major slots. this is a big year for women and we will learn more about what that means in the last couple of weeks before the election. >> hello. great to be hair with you. i wonder if you could start out by talking about what we will see in the next four weeks in the final stretch of the midterms. where are the hottest races? where are their surprises? drama you think that the of the brett kavanaugh affect what process we will see? emily: let me put into context what we are heading into. it starts with the fact th

we just talked to emily cain of emily's list and she talked about the kavanaugh hearings as being theotivating force. but in fact, republicans are saying the same thing. and mitch mcconnell right after the vote said that the hearings did more to galvanize their base then anything the party operatives have been able to do. >> i think there is a little truth in both. we have published a poll this week that has shown there is more momentum on the democratic side but not by a huge margin as a result of the confirmation hearings and the result of the vote. i do hear a little bit of wishful thinking in what senator mcconnell says about the anger. certainly, there was anger during the process but does it last now that kavanaugh has been confirmed? that is a big question. it is an issue that very depending on the race. emily mentioned how different candidates are messaging differently depending on their race. there is no question that the top democratic incumbent senators in republican states that president trump won are having to navigate a more difficult half on the kavanaugh vote then some

theoday on "newsmakers," emily cain. author, she is interviewed by amy gardner and julie berkowitz. "newsmakers" on c-span. and then, c-span's campaign 2018 coverage continues with an ohio senate debate between sherrod brown and jim renee c. they will meet in cleveland for a debate. it starts/this afternoon at 6:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by our cable or satellite provider. >> we are here with scott tax foundation. index? guest: the state business tax climate index, which is a mouthful, is our annual taxmeter ranking of state systems. state tax systems are complicated as a general rule. there are a lot

emily: our guest this week is emily cain, the executive director of "emily indianapolis list" which since 1984 has strived to elect pro-choice democratic women to office. it's independent expenditure arm women vote is the fourth superpac. let me tell you a little bit about her. she's a former state legislator in maine, 10 years. selected at the age of 25 and was maine's youngest house minority leader and two-time contribution candidate for the u.s. house 2016-2017. thanks for being with us. emily: i'm thrilled to be here. >> amy gardner is national political reporter for "the washington post" and billy is "wall street journal" and politics. thank you for joining us, both of you. before we get started i want to tell the audience about the statistics going into this year's election. in the primaries, 235 women have won house nominations, major party nominations and 22 women have won major party senate nominations this year and 16 women are vying for governor slots around the country. it's a big year for women and we'll learn more about what it means the last couple weeks before the election

and then newsmakers with emily cain.ecurityt, homeland and fbi director testify at a senate hearing on national security threats. host tucker carlson discusses his book "ship of fools: how a selfish ruling class is bringing america to the brink of revolution." >> it is why we elected donald trump. i could not get past that. this is not an attack on donald trump. i think he isthis is not an att, i think he is right on a bunch of different things but you would not elect trump unless you really really wanted to send a message. happy countries do not elect donald trump, desperate ones do. what is the message? people on all sides, screwed up. >> this morning, henry olsen from the ethics and public policy center talks about the working-class republican, ronald reagan and the return of blue-collar conservatism which is his new book. it will also touch on the future of the republican party. politicalbc national correspondent steve kornacki discusses his new

. >>> this weekend on newsmakers, emily's list director emily cain talks about the midterm elections, candidates the group is backing and the impact of women running for congress. emily's list supports pro-choice democratic women candidates for office. newsmakers is on c-span sunday at 10:00 a.m. and at a special time of 5:00 p.m. eastern. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> up next, a conversation from the rand corporation on u.s. relations with russia, sanctions against russia and china's relationship with russia. this is just over an hour. >>> welcome, everyone. i'm andy hoeh

. >>> this weekend on newsmakers, emily's list executive director emily cain talks about the midterm elections, candidates the group is backing and the impact of women running for congress. her list supports pro choice democratic women running for office. >>> the group women for trump hosted a discussion in washington last week with a senior advisor to president trump's 2020 reelection campaign. this is about an hour.

. >>> this weekend on newsmakers, emily's list executive director emily cain talks about the midterm elections, candidates the group is backing and the impact of women running for congress. her list supports pro choice democratic women running for office. >>> the group women for trump hosted a discussion in washington last week with a senior advisor to president trump's 2020 reelection campaign. this is about an hour. >>> hello to my fellow girlfriends and guyfriends. not boyfriends. we're about to get started. but i need to make an announcement before we do. tonight at the dinner, if you are going to the dinner, you have to have your lanyard or you will not be allowed in. so bring your lanyard with you or you will not be allowed into the dinner tonight. what's that? your lanyard, your name badge. yeah. okay, are we ready? so jack -- i got it right. from oan is here and he's going to be our moderator for our hot topics. i can't imagine what this is going to be about. and then catherine serkes and one of my dear friends and one of president trump's biggest supporters from day one, kat