have jennifer duffy of the cook political report. our focus, the competitive senate races in this midterm election. we also welcome our viewers and listeners on that abc channel that carries this program live every afternoon in great britain. morning.ood i want to talk about -- i do agree with what the caller was saying. something you don't like to talk about, let's face it. the truth of the matter is, [indiscernible] identification. the issue with democrats -- to sense just doesn't make because it seems like if you are democrat running for a position, or in that position, that you really were not even helping out at all. i understand why the caller thinks that. he is calling from michigan, which is one of the places the president is going to campaign for the gubernatorial candidate. there -- what the caller is missing about some of these democrats running away from the president, and i'm not making a judgment about whether that is good, bad, or indifferent, in many of these states, arkansas, alaska, louisiana, north carolina, georgi

psychologist jennifer duffy says a hysteria outbreak could be worse. in this, do you think this is just a stunt or do you think this is the real thing? >> you're going to end up seeing more of that as time goes on, anxiety is created by things that we don't know. there is uncertainty with the ebola virus, and the problem is we've been watching this for months unfold from afar and our worst fears have come true because it's now in our country. david: we have a lot of germophobes in the united states. i think of the jack nicholson movie he had the germ phobia, had to wipe everything down. this could cause those people with the phobias, hundreds of thousands of folks like that go nuts? off the wall.'re oing to be the problem is we look to the government and our president and the heaa of the cdc had made many broad statements. david: also made many blunders. >> absolutely. in the next day you find out most people start to wonder can we trust the government? can we trust what they're telling us? if you do, you think they're withholding information. either w

on the next washington journal, jennifer duffy said the 2014 campaigns for senate seats. -- looks at the 2014 campaigns for senate seats. administration's response to ebola. we will take your calls. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> air campaign 2014 coverage continues with a week full of debates. the georgia governor apostolate between nathan deal and jason carter. betweenontana debate aines and his opponent. the south carolina governor's ce. and the iowa fourth district debate between steve king and ower. the supreme court announced texas can use its voter identification law for the november election. the majority of the justices rejected an emergency request from the justice department and civil rights groups to prohibit the state from requiring voters to produce photo id in order to cast ballots. dissented.ces voter id laws and their impact on the midterm elections. the national press club hosted this discussion on thursday. is just over one hour. >> good morning. welcome to the national press club,

we will be talking with jennifer duffy, a senior at cook political report here to give her view of the midterm elections as we head into the final weeks before election day. we will also speak with a former u.s. surgeon general, who will be discussing the ebola outbreak by the obama administration and whether having a surgeon general in place would have -- would help the u.s. efforts. thank you so much for joining. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> coming up on c-span, a discussion on army operations and training procedures. that is followed by our campaign 2014 debate coverage with the candidates running for u.s. senate in kansas and colorado. >> be part of c-span's campaign 2014 coverage, follow us on twitter and like us on facebook to get to beat schedules, video clips of key moments, debate previews from our politics team. c-span is bringing you over 100 senate, house, and governor debates. the battle for control of congr

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. >> to amplify neil's earlier point, and i'm going to put my colleague jennifer duffy on the spot tofact check for me. in the last ten years, five elections, democrats have unseated 11 republican senate -- 12? 12. you're saying 12, yes? 12 republican senate incumbents, and republicans have unseated three. yes, three democratic senate incumbents. for some reason there has been some resistance or inability for republicans to knock off incumbents. so, yes, they do have to overcome that to get the majority. okay, where is the next question? who's got the mic, and are you next to someone with a question? >> charlie, there's one over here. >> yeah, okay. >> i guess a tactical question. a lot of money is sunk into television advertising, and my impression would be that is going to the near dead rather than the living because most -- my children really don't watch television commercials, yet we finish it's almost like heading into world war ii with a strong cavalry. what are your thoughts on the effectiveness of television advertising, and who is it hitting, which voters is it reaching, and

. >> on the next "washington journal" jennifer duffy looks at the 2014 campaigns for u.s. senate seats. u.s. surgeon general dr. richard carmona discusses the administration response to ebola and whether having a surgeon general in place would make a difference. as always we'll take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. be part of c-span's campaign 2014 coverage. follow us on twitter and like us on facebook to get debate schedules, video clips of key moments, debate previews from ur politics team, c-span bringing you over 100 senate house and governor debates and you can instantly share your reactions. the battle for control of congress. stay in touch and engaged by following us on twitter at c-span and liking us on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. the supreme court recently heard oral arguments in a case questioning the authority of prison officials against the religious rights of prison inmates. in particular the court is considering whether an arkansas inmate is entitled to a relig

. >> amplifies -- to apply meals earlier point that i'm going to put my colleague jennifer duffy on thespot to do a fact check for me. in the last 10 years, five elections, democrats have unseeded 11 republican senate -- 12? 12. you're saying 12, yes? 12 republican senate incumbents, and republicans have unseeded free. yes, three democratic incumbents. so for some reason there's been some resistance in the last decade or inability for republicans to knock off democratic incumbents even in 2010 that was a great year for republicans. so yes, they do have to overcome that to get the majority. where is the next question? who's got the mic, and argue next? >> i guess a tactical question. a lot of money is on into television advertising, and my impression would be that is going to the near dead rather than a living because most, my children really don't watch television commercials, yet we are heading into world war ii with a strong cavalry. what are your thoughts on the effectiveness of television advertising, and who is getting, which voters isn't reaching? and what is it achieving? is a ju

we will be talking with jennifer duffy, a senior at cook political report here to give her view of theidterm elections as we head into the final weeks before election day. we will also speak with a former u.s. surgeon general, who will be discussing the ebola outbreak by the obama administration and whether having a surgeon general in place would have -- would help the u.s. efforts. thank you so much for joining. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014]

. >> on the next washington jennifer duffy looks at the 2014 campaign for u.s. senate seats. general.s. surgeon discusses the administration's response to ebola and whether having a surgeon general in place would make a difference. take your we will calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> here are some comments we have received from our viewers. i miss such important things when i watch c-span. i only heard a small portion before the question and answer part. it was really revealing. other --now what the it doesn't matter. i was horrified. so mad at c-span to let her have a voice so we can really hear what the conservatives are like. >> i have what c-span for years now. the usual complaint is that you are prejudiced. certainly in terms of the think -- aei -- for greed and militarism. put a group on that aspires to democracy, justice, and things like that. >> i am calling in regards to your response lines. you should not allow a fourth line. nation off this voting age who are not registered