>> well, he might be caucusing with george soros and mike soros, i don't know, or maybe with mayor bloomberg. i've never seen the soros family support an independent. i have seen them support many liberal democrats. i think that behind all this they had a meeting and they considered kansas as the social experiment, if you will, to see if they could elect an independent. but he's not an independent. he's masquerading as that. he is a liberal democrat. he is pro-am necessity, i'm not, he doesn't want to open the keystone pipeline, i do, i want to repeal and replace obamacare, he doesn't. he wants to somehow restrict the first and second amendments. i don't know how you're going to do that. should don't that. but what that's what he wants to do. i don't. so there's a clear difference on all the major issues. and on each and every one of them he is a liberal democrat. once can sans know that -- and that's why we're improving in the polls. you can't pull the wool over the eyes of kansas. they know what they see and who to trust. >> pat roberts, thanks for joining us, sure. much obliged to you. >>

we know the koch brothers, tom stire, george soros, etc. most of the people on that list we don't know if they're politically active or not, and if they're active through 501c4s, we can't know unless it leaks. so, you know, there's an undefined -- it's an unanswerable question. >> but i asked it, so you have to answer it by definition. >> yeah. [laughter] i gave you a history instead. >> no, that's actually very helpful to have that background. so, ruth, what do you see as the political impact of billionaires? >> well, you know, it's very interesting because in some ways you could sort of go to the history and say -- and even kind of leaving aside the inflation point, you know, when millionaire was a big deal -- the capacity of big money, now big money has to start with a b, but it used to start with an m. the capacity of big money to influence politics has always been there, you know, go back to robber barons. but go to the modern era and look at buckley v. valeo. the public concerns that were unleashed, and correctly so actually, on citiz

his organization is really george soros's money. he keeps mentioning koch brothers like it is a code word. my second point is, just the other day, grimes in tennessee, who is running against mitch mcconnell in kentucky, her staff was caught saying that voters are suckers and she is really against coal, but she's pretending she is for coal just so she can win. she cannot win if they find other truth. now they found out the truth. all the.org money ain't going to help her win. you will see a big change in the polls when people realize that she is lying. host: i think these were volunteer supporters of her campaign that made those comments. we will take up the issue. guest: thank you for calling. i love about washington journal that there is a chance for all of us to participate, regardless of our backgrounds. one point of information i would like to add -- we are entirely member funded. the average contribution is $19. it is true in 2004, george soros made a contribution. that was to help elect john kerry and defeat president george w

george soros was vigorously against the war. he gave interviews. he spoke, and he wrote. he didn't make the connection that it needs money to back up with an infrastructure for these people. $200 million for george soros can be compared with a reasonably good year when he makes $3 billion. ted turner, for example, can vastly increase the peace movement. we've heard of waging war. what about waging peace? what about anticipating conflict? what about not exaggerating criminal gangs and following up with massive invasions, blowing countries apart, and spreading the criminal gangs into 22 countries? al-qaeda. what about spending ourselves into penury in terms of deficits and the $3 trillion over the next 30 years that joseph stiglitz, a nobel prize laureate, said the iraq war is going to cost us? not just the immediate war and all that, but all the follow-ups of the veterans and so on. bill gates sr. and the famous trial lawyer in texas, joe jamail, could easily fund reopening our courts so ordinary people can use them, so ordinary people who are wrongfully injured can have t

it's true in 2004 george soros did make a contribution to moveon.org. that was to help elect john kerry and defeat president george w. bush. neither of them have been on about for a long time. moveon.org doesn't accept contributions over $5000 from anybody, which is a world we put on ourselves. it's significantly lower than the threshold the federal law requires. we are proud and steadfastly independent and grassroots fund. now to the question about crimes, that was a volunteer at the center question in this election is what mitch mcconnell should come back to the center. if you ask moveon.org in kentucky, they are totally sick and tired of mitch mcconnell representing them. they are feeling very strong is he as been in washington long that essentially represents lobbyists and major corporations now, not the people of kentucky. across the country, volunteers, that's what we're focused on. we think mitch mcconnell has an uphill climb to convince people he is on their side. when essentially is causing policy that would benefit the 1%, your friends, the ko

there are people like george soros who has done really innovative work.get to meet the scientists working on this stuff. maybe the most amazing are the people out in the field who spend big parts of their life in africa taking these tools that we help back and making sure they get out there. >> also, you have to separate peoples' political interest from their willingness to help. there are some -- soros is clearly a liberal, i think is a fair way to say it. but the koch brothers are clearly conservative but they give enormous amounts of money to hospitals. >> and you say give them credit for that. >> yes. you don't have to agree with everything everybody does. i don't know if i agree with either side, but i think they all deserve credit. there are also a lot of people who aren't billionaires, who aren't even millionaires who write small checks or give their time. they work and lobby their elected officials to take government money and try to improve the health of everybody. they deserve an enormous amount of credit as well. >> anybody that feeds in to wha

it is true in 2004, george soros made a contribution.hat was to help elect john kerry and defeat president george w. bush. neither of them have been on the ballot for a long time. we actually do not accept contributions over $5,000 from anybody, which is a rule we put on ourselves. significantly lower than the threshold the present -- federal law requires. we are independent and grassroots funded. to the question about grimes, that was a volunteer and the essential question in the election is if mitch mcconnell should come -- should come back to the senate. if you ask in kentucky, they are sick and tired of mitch mcconnell representing them. they believe he had been in washington so long, he represents lobbyists and corporations now and not the people of kentucky. country, volunteers calling, that is what we are focused on. we think mitch mcconnell has an uphill battle to convince people he is on their side when he promises policies that will benefit the 1% buy your friends, the koch brothers, and people who want to hold on the minimum w

in from the southern border brigade diseases he tries to turn us with the help of the money of george soros, turn us into a third world country. he is doing that to get even with us and to prove it the first thing that he did was to have the best of winston churchill removed from the white house because britain did something to his grandfather in debbie billion. >> good points. [laughter] but to sum up your question here is the problem with where we are right now with obama ideology. . . [applause] >> welcome to booktv's live coverage of the 2014th texas book festival. over the next twoa

celebrating that began airing going to the george soros fund-raiser i have never know that family tondorse an independent they endorse liberal democrats such as the afl-cio. >>moderator: thank-you to senator roberts and teeth 17 -- mr. orman and also the wichita eagle and ksnt-tv van ksnw-tv be will have much more on the debate coming up at 10:00 get out and vote. thank you for joining us tonight. >> we appreciate it. ♪ ♪ and the director of the national institute of infectious diseases at the national is a shift health the testified before the house energy house oversight committee on the response to the ebola outbreak on washington internal to a gene green calls for the resignation of dr. friedman. >> joining us is the democrat from texas from the energy commerce committee also serving the city and houston to talk about that hearing today would be hoping to hear? >> this is a work in progress to find out what authority the cdc has to order a health care provider to do certain things i know advisory typically also how we can fix this problem in dallas at texas presbyterian should no

i remember saying that george soros was a major component of moveon.org. i want more it's very unfair. i want more background and people giving their background, whether they are democratic, liberal, or conservative. everybody must give their background and who is funding them. >> continue to let us know what to think about the programs you are watching. call or e-mail. .r you can send us a tweet join the c-span conversation.

bringing all these diseases, he is trying to turn on us, i think, with the help of the money of george soros can't he's trying to turn that into a third world country. i do think that he's doing that to get even with us and i think that's to prove it, the first thing that he did was ask to have the bust of winston churchill removed from the white house because britain did something to his grandfather into rebellion. it's been a good point. many points made. to sum up your question coming in here is the problem with where we are right now there is so much we don't know. i addressed this in the media. we know more about george washington's first two years than then we know about barack obama. jesus christ's birth was much better documented than barack obama. that is 2,000 year ago. so, we are less than six years in the presidency. big holes. so we can only speculate when people like you and i speculate that the people in washington held air they say that. i haven't seen anyone in spite of the beltway talk about about with a buttery genius obama is in a couple of years now. sometimes the word d

melissa: he flew in a convoy of helicopters from being with billionaire george soros and billionaire paul tudor jones, he landed at the greenwich polo club with his helicopter. so he could attend -- >> this is politics. everyone knows growing inequality is a huge problem in america and obama trying to address that problem. but i agree he should -- >> what do you mean? melissa: trying to address the problem by taking money with billionaires? >> think about what he is doing so bad. out there in very difficult economic climate, saying almost a crime being successful. these guys, you know, i like bob a lot. i almost used the word i didn't want to use with him. but these guys actually let him get away with it. >> i know bob. he is a great guy. we coached little league together back in the day. i'm in greenwich. those polo fields are north of me. melissa: what are you trying to say? you're a billionaire? >> no, no. some of these guys, paul tudor jones, down bit beach and water, beautiful home. his office is bit airport. i don't get it. i don't talk politics because i don't want to. doesn't

learned a lot about investing from george soros.s our job to hold our feet to the fire a little bit. the activists will be protesting their own performance. carl would not stand for some of the investments he made. netflix is getting crushed since he bought it. the ebay investment did not work out post paypal. you know herbalife is up because of the analyst report. the guy is saying $100 stock. liz: the annual high for that was 83 and it's 52 right now. are you looking at the dow industrials. look at this move. >> look at that. liz: up 213 points for the dow. the breaking news is we are at pretty much session highs, a major rally going on. >> hate to say this, not one ebola headline. give it time, charlie, give it time. as we wait for the closing bell 29 minutes away with yahoo! earnings after the bell. the big question we are going to answer, is marissa mayer, the ceo as good as she was cracked up to be when she took the chair at yahoo!? >>> smartphone, smart homes, smart cities just to the time when cities feel they could be under

this is just like the bank of england when george soros back in the '80s took them on and you had a collapsee currency. i think the same thing occurs here and you need to watch russia. you need to watch the russian ruble. the economy or at least the currency is headed towards collapse. >> what is your trade if there is one off of all of this? >> well, i mean the trade would be to short the russian stock market into this event. >> short the rsx. >> short rsx. if you get a devaluation event, you'd cover your short on that particular thing. i think just in general on the macro this is one of those black swan events that nobody is watching that you need to keep your eye on. >> still ahead, the energy sector under pressure in the past month, but we'll tell you one name in the space that the raiders are betting will jump 20%. stay tuned. traders are betting 20%. stay tuned. in a world that's changing faster than ever, we believe outshining the competition tomorrow requires challenging your business inside and out today. at cognizant, we help forward-looking companies run better and run different -

i remember saying that george soros was a major component of moveon.org. i want more it's very unfair. i want more background and people giving their background, whether they are democratic, liberal, or conservative. everybody must give their background and who is funding them. >> continue to let us know what to think about the programs you are watching. call or e-mail. .r you can send us a tweet join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. now, friday's wisconsin governors debate between incumbent governor scott walker and democratic challenger mary burke. this is the first of two debates in this race, which the cook political report and rothenberg political report list as a tossup. this is just under an hour. >> from the mayo clinic health system auditorium in eau claire, the wisconsin broadcasters association 2014 the editorial debate, sponsored by the wisconsin association of independent colleges and universities, and aarp wisconsin. now, the ceo of the foundation, michelle vetterkind. broadcasters are committed to continuin

republicans about this issue, they say the exact same thing, but instead of the koch brothers it's george soros or the big scary unions or pick your lefty boogieman, but everybody is angry about the same things and if you look at the numbers more importantly, you see that both sides support the same policies we feed too fix this problem which is not a left wing issue or a right wing issue. it's an american issue. until we start treating it like one, we're not going to win. so when you are dealing with a problem this huge you can't just nibble around the ijz. conventional wisdom says let's take one at a time and pass some public funding here. if you put them all together in one piece of ledges lashgs it's actually more powerful together than it is alone. this is all stuff, by the way, you can do without amending the constitution to overturn citizens united. it's not to say you shouldn't. that's to say that these two strategies work in tan dem because like the majestic voltron, we are so much more powerful when we unite as one. also that's an awesome picture, and i need an expense skoous to put i

but george soros has spent large sums of money on the other side of the coin. this is a clear case of intimidation. in the case of alec, they don't generally support stand your ground -- i'm sure people who supported you found out they voted for -- you voted for something they don't support as well. the issue is, an organization is attempting to provide model legislation different states can look at. i tihnk -- think that's a worthy goal. to pick one particular issue and try to make political points with that against the organization that is generally conservative-leaning is totally unfair, and to subtly connect those corporations with stand your ground and say, send us your response and we will make the letters public, that's a perfect case of intimidation. totainly the use of the irs intimidate political opponents was wrong when richard nixon thought of it, and it is wrong when you do it, senator durbin. if i go to the wash -- washington i will do everything to find out what was going on and stop this from continuing. >> i say, full disclosure of those who co

george soros making comments over the weekend, saying that the european union must do more to counter russia's interference in ukraine, where the very existence of europe is under threat. these are strong words from a huge ambassador. there are comments from merkel as well. >> the issue right now is whether to lift the sanctions in place and monitor the current cease-fire. merkel was quite strong, saying there are deep differences and it is unlikely the current round .f sanctionsk will be lifted there is a great deal of disagreement on that. she also said the cease-fire is not being observed, not being properly implemented and their need to be changes there. some strong language about not repealing sanctions. at the moment, no talk about additional sanctions. everybody is waiting to see how these elections take place. ans, it is going to be a busy day for every analyst in town. stress test sunday. >> we will be there and we will be trying to sort through all this like everyone else. this is the challenge of stress tests. are they hard enough to be credible? how many banks are going to

republicans about this issue, they say the exact same thing, but instead of the koch brothers it's george soros or the big scary unions or pick your lefty boogieman, but everybody is angry about the same things and if you look at the numbers more importantly, you see that both sides support the same policies we feed too fix this problem which is not a left wing issue or a right wing issue. it's an american issue. until we start treating it like one, we're not going to win. so when you are dealing with a problem this huge you can't just nibble around the ijz. conventional wisdom says let's take one at a time and pass some public funding here. if you put them all together in one piece of ledges lashgs it's actually more powerful together than it is alone. this is all stuff, by the way, you can do without amending the constitution to overturn citizens united. it's not to say you shouldn't. that's to say that these two strategies work in tan dem because like the majestic voltron, we are so much more powerful when we unite as one. also that's an awesome picture, and i need an expense skoous to put i

this is so outlandish, even george soros funded center for american progress where they interviewed threeized the good doctor that you just cited and "washington post" and cnbc, for even bringing this up because they said it discredits global warming and makes people more suspicious of it. this is so far out of the bounds, they're basically claiming increase in extreme weather, because, ebola seems to sheriff when you go from dry conditions to rapidpy wet conditions. that is expected under ebola. declines trends on every single metric from tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and droughts. it is not there. the claimed extreme weather they're pointing to spreading ebola is not materializing. stuart: look at this one, if you can, mark. i think you have a monitor so you can see this. an estimated 35,000 walruses have been spotted on a beach in northwest alaska. that is astonishing video. the green environmentalists claim the ice they have been sitting on melted because of global warming. that is why 35,000 of those walruses are on the beach. what do you make of that one? >> yeah, this is story that

billionaire investors george soros has been involved in ukraine since 1998 and annette asked him for his take on the country. >> it's really up to russia, up to putin. or whether he views active warfare because he, at the moment, has the upper hand. because the russian army confronted by the ukrainian army, the ukrainian army is no match for russia. >> what do you think about developments in the next few months? will russia bow to european pressure? >> europe, it needs to act, get its act together. and be more active in helping ukraine fight for itself. ukraine wants to be part of europe. effectively, an attack on ukraine is indirectly an attack on the european union. and it's certainly in europe's duty and interest to enable russia -- ukraine to fight for its independence. >> what might be the next steps of russia of mr. putin in the ukraine? >> i think that he is probably going to wait and not renew active were fare. because of the fear of additional sanctions which are hurting russia. and wait for the winter. and to see if ukraine can be it may collapse for lack of support. and th

annette will be speaking exclusively to george soros this afternoon. catch that interview on "closing bell." >>> moving on, at&t's third quarter earnings missed forecasts by a penny. revenue grew but less than expected. more customers brought in their own devices when they switched plans. at&t cut its revenue outlook expecting growth of 3.4% versus the previous 5%. shares are down almost 1% in frankfurt trade so far today. now it's going to be a very busy day for earnings in the u.s., with 46 members of the s&p 500 reporting. look for the results. eli lilly, gm, 3m, american, southwest, united, jet blue. after the close, we get numbers from amazon and microsoft. >>> still to come on the show, tesco's black hole grows even darker. should investors check out the retail giant? i'll discuss after the break. a single ember that escapes from a wildfire can travel more than a mile. that single ember can ignite and destroy your home or even your community you can't control where that ember will land only what happens when it does get fire adapted now at firead

coke can i love the fact that they are offering the counterbalance to big money coming from the george soros crowd on the left. politics show up on both sides and this idea that we shouldn't have individuals spend their money in the political process i think undermines the purpose of democracy. get. >> host: 23 days to go before november 4. where have you decided to change gears and what races and decide we are not going to play here anymore and we need to shift over to the state werber might be. >> guest: i think the senate races we are most interested in our places like iowa where joni ernst is neck-and-neck and a lot of races are shifting resources. i'm not sure makes a lot of sense. the opportunities might be in some of the house races. i think that one is really important and i think a number of other races let's say mayor linda garcia's competitive. she is trending in new hampshire. that's an important race. what the house does is the originator of the budget and as the originator of key legislation is very important coming up. but you know i would argue that it's about turnout in the

in fact, there was a smattering of leftist groups, many of them funded by george soros, who took out an ad in the "washington post" this week called on elected officials to refuse to speak to you, the values voters. why? well remember these are the same groups that support harry reid and his efforts to rewrite the first amendment but it's real simple. the truth stands in their way as they seek to fundamentally transform america. so they want to silence you and millions of americans like you, but here's the difference between the left and the right. we welcome the debate. we support the right to speak. we believe in the first amendment. in fact, many in this room have put on the uniform of our nations military to defend their right to speak. i submit to you that it is not time to rethink our principles or shrink back from the conflict. no, now is the time to reaffirm our beliefs and we double our efforts and to stand for the values that made america an exceptional nation. yes, mr. president. america has been an exceptional nation. but in so doing we must renew our mutual respect and r