kerrey does not. i have a jobs plan so that we can cut spending, but we need to grow jobs to turn this economy around. we need to reduce regulation and reduce energy costs, reform a tax code. we need to repeal the health care law. we need to promote free and fair trade. that will get as on the road to recovery. we face many challenges in this country. but americans are exceptional people. because we have the talent, the resources, the knowledge and we have the willpower to overcome the challenges. yes, i believe in a brighter future for america. i want to help build that brighter future so i ask for your support and ask for your vote. thank you. >> thank you, sen. fischer. join me, everyone, in thanking both candidates for their participation. [applause] we also want to thank the omaha community playhouse for hosting this important debate. and also, the great omaha chamber for its sponsorship of the forum. also, thank you to you as well and our panelists for the guests here in the audience. you can re

kerrey. host: republicans were naming him big apple bob even before he got in. they have done everything they can to paint him as a new york liberal. nebraska has just become a conservative red state. >> we will bring you that debate getting under way at noon eastern on c-span. until then, a look at how wall street is dealing with issues related to campaign 2012. joining us from our new s mariaudios i bartiromo, the anger of "closing bell." she also writes a column monthly for "usa today." here are some headlines saying that we are adding jobs. how would you describe our economy today. guest: the economy has worsened. 8.1% of the country without a job and that does not include those that have simply stopped looking. the unemployment rate is more like 11% or 12% of the country. the durable-goods numbers yesterday indicated the big- ticket items sales, things like washing machines and other expensive items, have also slowed down. and then you have the gdp numbers yesterday, which showed growth

senator kerrey will lay that out tonight. surely, the vice president has been in the press -- >> a little bit of an audio glitch there. there are a lot of mechanics inside this arena and from time to time we do lose audio. ron fournier with a look ahead at 2016. a lot of democrats are keeping an eye on for years from now. >> hillary clinton's has been spoke yesterday. i just want to go back to that clip. we were together back when barack obama de that incredible speech. i think a lot of merit -- a lot of americans got chills. in his words, we do have a democratic and republican america and we do have read states and blue states. those negative ad peddlers were talking about, they are working in his campaign and they are working in mitt romney campaign, and they are running one of the most negative campaigns in the last 20 or 30 years. it is just not the kind of politics people thought that were going to get. barack obama raised the threshold pretty high, but it is a real challenge he has for the whole campaign, starting tonig

bob kerrey has lived in new york for about 11 years. republicans were named him big apple bob. he has a son and a wife there. they have tried to paint him as a new york liberal. nebraska has shifted conservative. host: abby livingston with "roll call" newspaper. nebraska, the debate will happen at noon today. you can watch it live at c-span. 9:00 p.m. on c-span. coming up is marty makary from johns hopkins. here is his book. we'll be right back. [video clip] >> i was always shocked. they did it because they always did it that way or the had some rules. .t wasn't based on research i get skepticism about some of the practices and the way people were spending time and resources. people were doing these randomized controlled trials that were being adopted by people in the political world. i learned about the data and targeting in the last decade. this was a major generational shift. in addition to these new forms of research changing, you have this kind of cultural tension between allied the old practices and the new empirical movement. >> more on "afterwards" on c- span2. >> there

ohio senator the plays president obama and the president's preparations the massachusetts senator kerreyis standing in for mitt romney. >>> concerns about pollution and prompting a spare the air day call in the bay area. >>> a heat wave is upon us with air quality officials in and commit unhealthy for a second day in a row. people and fast to cut their driving to out the day and try to avoid outdoor activities during the hottest part of the afternoon. it coincides with some triple digit temperatures and wind. more on the warm up. >>> a quick look at how woman's blouse to get in the bay area near 100 degrees isn't even as the coastline remains the place of refuge to cannot take the heat it to the coast wreath 75 in san francisco but the south bay mid-90s and planning warmer than santa rosa. we will warm up getting close to but not exceeding the record highs for the most part with the complete forecast coming up. >>> in politics the rough and tumble politics the city of richmond where a fight between a council member and a local ad activist and the punches being thrown and a rest. where th

i listened to the comments of senator kerrey and over the last decade, there has been quite a turn of events in iraq and for iran or last decade. 10 years ago, our major enemy was right next door in iraq. today, they are flying airplanes over iraq into syria to help one of their allies. you mention that everyone at every level has talked to al- maliki about that and you will continue. what is his response when you say you would like him to cooperate with us in our interests? what does he exactly say in response to our efforts? >> the response is typically to express concern about the events in syria. they are very clear that both the prime minister and other iraqi officials have no interest in saying the current government continue, that they are no friends of that regime, that regime has been hostile to them in the past and allow terrorists to come into iraq and been harmful to democracy and institutions and the people in iraq. they are interested in seeing that there is a clear outcome in syria that protects their interests. there have been a little trouble seeing that. >> what abou

would bob kerrey in nebraska be top of the list?ll tell you this, we have deye0ts up on he demra the republican side. even that that climate with many red states, like nebraska, like missouri, like montana we have a clear shot of not only keeping majority but doing well because of what i said. people understand that pa ahe conservative republicans have put up as candidates is not what mainstream america wants. mainstream america wants to make sure their kids get an education, they have acces to tioc surity system torevahe meet inside restrains that paul ryan thinks works but doesn't work for america. this is real questions on voters' mines and that's changed the dynamic of the election and we're seeing great candates on our side with thatessage who are going to win in november. >>nd i massachusetts, republican scott brown has apologized for what some of his aides did in appearing on this video where they were mocking elizabeth warren for her nativemerican heritage. that is apology sfit d ould te ihi campaign? >> certainly it's up to

bob kerrey, like you said about tommy thompson, is a nebraska brand. >> he is a nebraska brand but hen new york city for about 11 years. republicans, even before he gotten in were naming him big apple bob. yes family, has a son, a wife there. i think it moved to nebraska since the fed done everything they can to paint him as a new york liberal. nebraska has just shifted conservative. it should become a more red state. >> once again you can see that debate from omaha live at noon eastern on our companion network c-span. right after that remarks from the president of yemen on the future of this country invite of security problems and the hunger crisis. he will speak at of the woodrow wilson center in washington and you can see those comments live at 1 p.m. eastern. coming up tonight, more campaign 2012 coverage with a life wisconsin senate debate. congresswoman tammy baldwin debates former health secretary tommy thompson who is republican. that seat is open due to the retirement of democratic senator herb kohl. you can see it live at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also listen on c-sp

kerrey has done such a good job. there is very little to add. then i will talk about the business cases. the two. i would make about the act is first to think about why it is the justices would get involved. these cases are not in the docket. in the illustration in to help the court work. the justices have a rule that says if we're point to strike down a federal statute, that is our job. they're likely to step in. the voting rights act case, several of them come on a peel. you have to ask the supreme court to grant review. there are slivers of cases in the united states coal that there is a right to go to the supreme court. they have different ways of dodging them. we almost have to take. they suggested very serious concerns about the constitutionality of section 5. the second point out and make is what to expect from the pivotal justices. this is at the center of the court. one might wonder about the disconnect. you have a real suspicion about the race-based program. he felt he may be an ally. you think the concern is very conservative. the pos

the terps get three touchdowns from kerrey hills. maryland beats temple 36-27. virginia, virginia tech and georgetown all winners. howard falls to rutgers. today, the robert griffin iii era begins for the redskins with the season opener against the saints. rg3 who has a lot of family in the big easy is ready for his debut. >> you try not to get too antsy and then the coaches talked to me about it. don't try to go out and show anything or prove anything. have fun. i think that's the approach i'm taking towards it. rather than now it's time to show what i've got. it's a matter of going out and executing. >> i'm carol maloney. >> thanks. >>> do you ever turn your camera around and maybe take a picture of yourself? well, nasa's mars rover is no different. curiosity took a picture of itself on mars. the big eye on the rover's face shoots laser beams to vaporize rocks and analyze techemicals below that. it's been sending back the pictures since curiosity landed on the red planet more than a month ago. that curiosity is such a narcissist. >> curious. there you go. that

bob kerrey 20 the secretary started to do this without any kind of broader framework. and then, of course, the budget control act of last summer in 2000 it up in produce all the broader efforts that we are familiar with. not enough on entitlement reform, not enough on tax reform but he began to put defense cuts in a broader construct and that led, that was part of president obama's decision to then cut his defense budget substantially compared with what it had been initially in his presidency. so dirty 2011 his speech in april talking about the need to cut 400 billion over 10 years from the pentagon budget, and then ultimately the budget control act increase that number to look closer to 500 billion. some people point out that 500 built in cuts relative to the previous plan which is going to allow for some growth. so it's not actually 500 billion in net cuts. dependent on what baseline you use it's more like $350 billion in debt -- in net cuts. then after that, as todd harrison's paper, explains, you start to get growth with inflation. but it's faster. you see this sha

we will also air the bob between ker -- the debate between bob kerrey and deb fishcher. tomorrow, vice president joe biden called a campaign rally in florida, part of a tour through this battle ground state which began in his book raton. -- boca raton. we will have that tomorrow starting at 11:00 a.m. >> my opponent and his running mate are big believers in top- down economics. they believe if we spent another $5 trillion on tax cuts to favor the very wealthy, then! who -- -- wealthy, then -- do not boo. vote. >> he has one new idea, something he has not done in his first four years, which is to raise taxes. is there anybody who thinks raising taxes will help grow the economy? his plan is to continue what he has done before. the status quo has not worked. we cannot afford four more years of barack obama. >> wednesday, president obama and mitt romney of wheat -- romney meet in their first presidential debate. the watch and engage with c- span, including our live debate preview, the debate, and afterward, your reactions. follow our live coverage on c- span, c-span radio, a

number two, the kerrey-lugar bill, what is your sense of appetite for continued aid on capitol hill given these end as wenarrative's saw last week, there is some legislation out there that wants to cut it out altogether. here is an ugly mood up there. just your sense of the prospects of convincing lawmakers what you are trying to convince us of right now. >> let me start with your second question first. i had the privilege of speaking with the leadership of both chambers in both parties. what i have been impressed by is they understand that imperfection of what we have done. if we put it in terms of failure, that is tough language. many of our programs that have real impact, but failure of what we wanted to do in the idealistic days of post 2008, i think the leadership on the hill understands we're not giving assistance to make pakistan love us. there are some who say that, some commentators to say that, but these are elements that contribute to a stability long term that we are for. they understand, i believe that we have come to understand in the administration, and i guess i am in the

is kerrey of unconscious. when he wakes up his coffee but, his unit which is now fighting back in the town of gettysburg. he fights. heels together was left of them all the way back. the chair will fighting through the town. and the back story of that, at chancellorsville, the germans ran away. politically well-connected corps commander. he would not listen to his german subordinates. they warned him that the fight was sending out. that they needed to do something to watch that flank. jackson was going to show up. there were professional soldiers . they said to me you have to watch the fight. by their own initiative it takes two regiments from his brigade and goes out and pickets. if those two regiments had not been waiting there and stonewall jackson's men came to the woods at chancellorsville the 11th corps losses would have been far, far worse. those two, polish region and the 26 wisconsin came and stood there and they saved -- they may stand for at least an hour. but finding time to get them back. you have