still with us, michael shure, political analyst, betsy, and laura washington, columnist for the chicago sun times. and laura, when we have seen this policy experimentation and cutbacks, going after the unions, trying to renegotiate the pension plans and so on, does the challenger in places like pennsylvania and like wisconsin, say look, i'm going to undo all of that stuff, and i'm going to restore the budget cuts for the schools. i'm going to take the deal for the affordable care act and expand medicare in my state. are they running with real opposition so voters have wide choice when they head into the booth? >> i think they're appealing in particular because of the anti-incumbent move, and because of the attitude when washington and gridlock. there's a feeling that nothing happens in washington on a federal level and the states are always where the game is played, at least that's what you want to believe in the statehouse, so the people are listening to that message and its appealing to people, and they're looking at alternatives that they might not have four years ago. >> do you thin

candidates, abc seven political analysts laura washington. you will be limited to 60 seconds for each question and 30 seconds for each follow-up. you will have the opportunity to other. question of each you will also have the opportunity for an opening statement and by random draw to the opening statement goes to mr. quinn. >> thank you. the bureau of labor statistics issued its latest report on the illinois economy. it is a good report. jobs are up, unemployment is last twos in the months, 40,000 jobs. 300 thousand jobs since the last recession. the steepest decline of the -- the steepest decline of any state in the union. we have understood the importance of fiscal reform. i have to suspend the pay of the legislatures to get those reform. better.omy is a lot we have been able to invest in education. inhave invested $440 million classroom education. it is the best way to keep our economy moving forward and jobs growing. that is what i believe in and that is what the best way to go forward is for illinois. >> thank you to the league of women

. >> the next question and follow-up comes from laura washington. >> during the campaign, there has been a controversy about your wife who lives full-time in florida and allegations you have used that status as an effort to dodge taxes. are you dodging taxes? >> absolutely not. i am one of the top illinois taxpayers. i support women. i thought democrats did, too. have choices to have live lives on their own -- it works for us. to does not live there the whole year in florida. do some things in florida and has a life down there. i don't think we need to tell her that she is not allowed to do that. my tax bill went up when she made that decision. in the few seconds i have left, i want to go back to what my opponent raised when he said it wanted to eliminate health care for the workplace. all i said is i want to equalize it. individuals should have a deduction for it. if they don't, company should not. if we have a plan that is covering all people which would be our goal to make sure everybody is covered and has axes to good health care, does not have to be solely through the workplace. >>

that is no guarantee. >> our next question comes from laura washington. >> mr.berweis, during the campaign there was a controversy about your wife, who lives full-time in florida. there have been allegations you used that status to dodge taxes. are you dodging taxes? >> absolutely not. i am one of the top illinois taxpayers. , and i support women thought the democrats did ,too, who make choices to have jobs on their own and live lives on their own. it works for us. she lives six months of the year in florida and has a life down there, and i visit whenever i possibly can. but i don't think we need to tell her that she is not allowed to do that. my tax bill went up when she made that decision. in the few seconds i have not -- left, i need to go back to the falsehood my opponent raised when he said i wanted to eliminate health care for the workforce. all i said was that i want to equalize it. if companies have did actions for it, individuals should have deductions for it. if we have a plan that is covering all people, which would be our goal to make sure everyone i

uestioning our candidates, abc seven political analysts laura washington. you will be limited to 60 seconds for each question and 30 econds for each follow-up. you will have the opportunity to ask one question of each other. you will also have the opportunity for an opening statement and by random draw to the opening statement goes to mr. quinn. >> thank you. the bureau of labor statistics issued its latest report on the illinois economy. it is a good report. jobs are up, unemployment is down, jobs in the last two months, 40,000 jobs. 00,000 jobs since the resomethings ended. our unemployment is at the lowest level in the last six years. the steepest decline of any state in the union. we had to make tough decisions to make that possible. we had to cut the budget since i have been governor. we understood the importance of fiscal reform. i have to suspend the pay of the legislatures to get those reform. because of that our economy is a lot better. we have been able to invest in education despite all these economies. we have invested $440 million in our classr

flex the next question comes from laura washington. question comes from laura washington. >> voters say that they are turned off by the negative ads in the campaign. in one of yours you accuse your opponent of spying on citizens, putting millions in his own pocket, being the father of d.c. gridlock. what is the factual basis for those allegations? >> public documents show that mr. durbin has its -- received in excess of $9 million in lobbyist and it has clearly influenced his votes in legislation. my family business happens to the ice cream. senator durbin's family business happens to be lobbying and the sale of influence. bad for the is country. citizen legislators like myself will vote in ways that we think is good for the country and the state. as you have seen tonight, he will say anything if he thinks it will earn him some votes. it does not have to be related to the truth. we need term limits with citizen legislators serving for a limited. , not career politicians who will vote in ways that they think can help them get reelected.

questioning our candidates will thomas, erica mulder not oh, and laura washington. limitedponses will be to 60 seconds for each question, and you will have 30 seconds for each follow-up. in addition to our questions you will have the opportunity to ask one question to each other. you have the opportunity for a one minute opening statement and a closing statement. the opening statement goes to mr. quinn. >> last friday the bureau of labour statistics issued its report on the illinois economy. it's a good report. jobs are way up. unemployment is way down. months we have created 40,000 jobs, 3300 jobs since the recession ended. unemployment is at its lowest level in the last six years. the steepest decline of any state in the union. we have to make tough decisions to make that possible. we have to cut the budget $5 million. we also understand the importance of physical reform. -- fiscal reform. our economy is a lot better. invest inen able to education. we have invested $440 million and classroom education. is theng in education best way to keep our economy moving forw

. >> the next question is from laura washington. >> voters say they are turned off by all the negative and misleading ads of the campaign. >> same here. >> in one of your ads, you accused your opponent of spying on citizens, putting millions of dollars in his own pocket and being the father of d.c. gridlock. what is the factual basis for those allegations? >> public documents show he has received in excess of $9 million of lobbyist money. clearly, that is influenced some of his votes in legislation. my family business happens to be ice cream. his family business happens to be lobbying and the sale of influence. i think that is bad for the country. we will vote in ways that we believe are good for the country and good for the state. when you have career politicians like a dick durbin, he will say anything if he thinks he will earn a vote. does not have to be related to the truth. we need to have term limits so they vote in ways that are good for the country, not career politicians will vote in ways to help themselves get reelected. >> you are saying he is received a lobbyist funds and t

. >> the next question and follow-up comes from laura washington. >> during the campaign, there has been a controversy about your wife who lives full-time in florida and allegations you have used that status as an effort to dodge taxes. are you dodging taxes? >> absolutely not. i am one of the top illinois taxpayers. i support women. i thought democrats did, too. have choices to have live lives on their own -- it works for us. to does not live there the whole year in florida. do some things in florida and has a life down there. i don't think we need to tell her that she is not allowed to do that. my tax bill went up when she made that decision. in the few seconds i have left, i want to go back to what my opponent raised when he said it wanted to eliminate health care for the workplace. all i said is i want to equalize it. individuals should have a deduction for it. if they don't, company should not. if we have a plan that is covering all people which would be our goal to make sure everybody is covered and has axes to good health care, does not have to be solely through the workplace. >>

amorted from washington, i laura trevelyan. thousands demonstrating in the streets of hong kong.tudent leaders written to occupy government buildings. the director of the u.s. secret service resigns after a security breach. [indiscernible] he tells us why. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. pro-democracy campaigners and hong kong have again defied , holdinges in beijing more street protests on china from national day. they warn that they will step up protests the most the chief executive of hong kong resigns. carrie gracie filed this report. >> it is national day, but there is not a chinese flag insight. 65 years ago, chairman mouth said the chinese people have mao said-- chairman chinese people have stood up. hong kong, and a different generation standing up for a different revolution. to see the chinese flag on national day, you had to come here, a ceremony to remind hong kong that however different its way of life, it is still a part of china. she tells me it is a day to celebrate national unity. but this unity -- but this unity y

." >> reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. the clashes break out in jerusalem after forces seal off the mosque. the palestinian president compares the closure to an act of war. in burkina faso, a state of emergency has been declared after demonstrators stormed the parliament and set it on fire. rumble in the the jungle, we look back on one of boxing's most famous fights. welcome to our viewers on public television in america, and around the globe. a declaration of war. that is how palestinian leader mahmoud abbas described the closure of a holy site in jerusalem. israel. the mosque following the shooting of a jewish activist yesterday. israeli police have killed a palestinian suspected of being behind the attack. the closure has led to clashes in east jerusalem. kevin, reports. >> in an arab district of east jerusalem, angry crowds gathered as news began to spread that the suspect in the attempted murder of a right-wing jewish activist had himself been shot dead. a job atprisoner had the conference center where his victim had

laura? >> in washington, a jury convicted -- [indiscernible] >> i have seen those news reports that i am not prepared to follow from here. the russianrted economy had become stagnant and it could be the lowest output since 2009. the sanctions in the united states have worked that way. that make vladimir putin more dangerous or less dangerous? >> it does make clear a couple of things. as you point out, sanctions regime put in place by the united states in close coordination with our european partners has impose a significant cost on the russians for their inappropriate interference in the affairs of the sovereign nation of the ukraine. is an indication of a successful policy implementation. the question goes to hasn't had the desired effect in terms of getting the russians to change their behavior? that is a calculation that only the leader of that country can make. we have not seen as much as we would like in terms of abiding cease-fire, of the an indication the russians are prepared to respect the basic international norms, particularly the borders of sovereign countries. we continue to hav

laura ingram's fault. she is being mean to obama. this is a classic olinski tactic he always employs. i got off the phone with one of the top cardiologists in washington he said, laura, networks are shrinking. doctors radio retiring. the patient doctor relationship has been compromised clear why yous seriously. people don't have any clue yet as to what is going to be happening in healthcare. >> in other news heading to the supreme court the retailer heading in the hot seat after refusing to hire someone with a head scarf. the store did not discriminate the teenager did not say she needed religious accommodation. they appealed the case on the girl's behalf. >> to pray or not to pray in american classrooms. 50 years after a supreme court ban a new gallup poll says 50 percent are in favor of prayer in school. a large majority of americans take issue with a ruling that was made decades ago. >>> it is time now to brew on this. what would you do if your child was skipping school? one mom taking drastic steps and shaming her daughter on social media. >> every day this week. i can show you. >> no. >> guess what i am doing, ricky? we are going to hold hands an

reporting contributed to a pulitzer prize for public service awarded to the guardian and washington post. we spoke to laura on wednesday and began by asking her about the name of her film, "citizen four." aliastizen four" was the edward snowden used to contact me in january 2013. we corresponded over the course of five months. i did not know who he was. it was just days before traveling to hong kong that i had a name for the person i have been talking to. >> why did he choose that name? >> good question. i made a trip to moscow not that long ago where i filmed part of the end of the film where he is with his longtime partner lyndsay mills. i asked him, because i did not ever know what it was, and he said, well, not the first person who is going to come forward and reveal information the public should know, and i won't be the last. that is where it comes from. talks one of the most striking things about the film, snowden never appears to have considered the possibility of leaking anonymously. were you struck by that? >> i was very shocked. ands contacted in january we had e-mail correspondence for a long ti

washington post" the middle class is doing worse than it did in 1989, okay? liberalism obama style is failing so it's fox's fault. it's talk radio's fault. it's laura being mean to obama, this is classic owe lynn ski tactic he only implies. the fact of the matter is i just got off the phone with one of the top cardiologist in washington, d.c. i read him the quote that we were going to play on the show. he said laura, networks are shrinking, doctors are we tiring, the patient doctor relationship has been compromised seriously. people don't have any clue yet as to what's really going to be happening in healthcare, most people haven't had a real interaction, in a serious way with the health care system. he said nothing could be further from the truth and that is is a direct quote from one of the top cardiologists in washington, d.c. >> nothing wrong with your heart? you are okay. >> it's okay. i wanted a good quote for the show. >> you just wanted to call him. some people think laura doesn't have a heart and that's not true. >> laura ingraham, everybody. factor tip of the day. me and david letterman, the tip, moments away. i'm not afraid. i can face m

david shepardson, detroit news, washington correspondent. laura litvan, congressional reporter for bloomberg news. and cq roll call heard on the hill columnist. when our guest today took his seat representing michigan in the u.s. house, it was the same year the first mcdonald's opened and coca-cola was first sold in cans in addition to bottles. gas costs 23 cents a gallon and you could buy a car from the motor city for only $1,900. john dingell took office in 1955 during president eisenhower's administration. he served alongside 11 presidents and is not only the longest service member of the house now, he's the longest serving member ever. he announced in february that he'll retire at the end of -- at the end of his 29th full term. dingell when he was only 29 succeeded his father in the congressional district. his district is the heart of the big 3 auto country. he's hoping to be -- he's hoping that the dingell dynasty continues with his wife debbie. dingell spent a decade and a half as a chairman of the house energy and commerce committee and the

washington. uno de los fallecidos identificado como jaiden frayderb abriÓ fuego contra sus compaÑeros antes de quitarse la vida. >> laura llorar cuando finalmente logrÓ abrazar a su madre despuÉs de que logrÓ salir sana y salva de su escuela en la que uno de sus compaÑeros protagonizÓ un mortal tiroteo. >> mucho miedo querÍa ver a mi mamÁ se supone que no tenemos que avisarles, para que no se por coparÁn y llamaran a las escuelas y lo hicieron mÁs difÍcil. quería hablarle, le querÍa contestar pero no podía. >> segÚn describen sus sus compaÑeros el joven de 14 aÑos se acercÓ una mesa sacó un arma de su morral y les disparÓ por detrÁs a quemarropa matÓ a una de sus compaÑeras en video a 4. tres estÁn graves con heridas en la cabeza en la cafeterÍa de sangre por todas partes cuentan los estudiantes. >> todos empezaron a gritar y a correr al salÓn. todos los maestros abriÓ las puertas para que nada mÁs entrara hasta mÁs cerca. nos metimos a clases y los maestros cerraron las puertas. >> dicen los amigos de Él que estaba muy dolorido porque su novia habÍa terminado la relaciÓn recientemente con Él ella fue una de sus vÍctima

laura bush a quien le diseÑÓ varios vestidos. >> para la ceremonia de la juramentaciÓn pensamos en el clima, no? tiene que ser algo en realidad en washingtone es una ceremonia que les fuera, despuÉs tiene que tomar parte en la palabra. >> tambiÉn vistiÓ a hillary clinton, nancy reagan y muy recientemente a michelle obama. hablÓ de su cÁncer y dijo que ya estaba curado. asegurÓ que la Única realidad de la vida era que uno nacÍa y luego moría y los Últimos aÑos de su vida reconociÓ que su prioridad ya no era vestir celebridades sino la mujer comÚn y corriente. >> es importante tener a personalidades pero en realidad no es el consumidor. yo encuentro que la mujer, una mujer anÓnima en la calle es la influencia hoy en dÍa. >> y oscar de la renta adquiriÓ la ciudadanÍa estadounidense en 1971, tuvo que renunciar a la dominicana, se habÍa diversificado como diseÑador y tenÍa su propia línea de accesorios, muebles y fragancias. hace una semana habÍa designado a un nuevo diseÑador. >> seguramente serÁ extraÑado en el mundo de la moda. funcionarios federales dieron a conocer nuevas medidas para hacer frente al Ébola, las Últimas noticias han sido po

laura, back to you. >> one to watch. thank you very much, wendy. >>> in washington, a new interim director of the secret service takes over the agency today. joseph clancy, a 30-year veteran of the service. he's protected presidents back to bill clinton. former director julia pearson resigned last week under pressure following a series of presidential security breaches. the most recent breach, a fence-jumping intruder making his way deep into the white house. joseph clancy, meanwhile, was the president and first lady's top pick having headed obama's security detail for more than two years. >>> wedding bells could be in the air for same-sex couples in five more states. today, the u.s. supreme court refused to hear arguments from indiana, oklahoma, utah, virginia and wisconsin. those states were trying to seek a ban on same-sex marriage. today's move means the appellate court ruling for gay marriage remains in effect. now, because an appeals court covers several states, this also affects colorado, kansas, north carolina, south carolina, west virginia and wyoming. effectively, that makes same sex marriage legal in a total of

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laura garcia-cannon. there are some new questions this morning about hospital protocol involving that texas ebola patient who died. thomas duncan. tracy pots has more on that live from washingtone concerns about that about another possible case in texas? >> a sheriff's deputy who delivered the quarantine order to his family. he was in the apartment for about 30 minutes and later complained about similar symptoms. he's now in the hospital as they watch and test to see if he's infected with this virus. officials are saying it's unlikely but they're not taking any chances. meantime, thomas duncan's body is being prepared for his final good-bye. he's being wrapped three times in plastic, the cdc is requiring that. we've learned he's also going to be cremated. as for ashoka mukpo, the nbc photographer who is being treated in omaha, he has now received a blood transfusion from dr. kent brantly, who was the first survivor. one question that's out there today is why didn't thomas duncan get a similar blood transfusion. apparently it was offered but the hospital didn't respond. >> hmm, interesting. and already a lot of things looking into at that hospital. thank you very much, tracie.

laura a reporter. >> moderator: when did you first learn about the 97 plans to grow pot and world washington and givenhe apparent gaps what do you have to say about the people that you've chosen as advisers? i have received a lot of information over the last week. some of it has been very hard to assimilate. what we know is that 17 years ago, before i knew sylvia and she knew me and she was involved in some illegal illegal but goodies. i don't condone it and i wish it hadn't happened but it did. she acknowledged it and has assumed responsibility and is willing to face the consequences. the fallout in how we deal with that as a personal matter between sylvia and myself. >> moderator: have you decided if he will keep sylvia on as an advisor in your office and what do you do what you say to the voters concerned about the public world to benefit her private business? kitzhaber: i do not bb there was a conflict of interest and i believe we have the letter and spirit of the laws but i am concerned about the procession which is why i asked my office to turn over to the ethics commission all of the relevant c

washington are urging the president to keep that option open. so that is the central question, especially as we start the scene not only in syria but isis is advancing in baghdad. laura? >> rather aggressively. thank you so much, traci. >>> happening right now, a south african judge is hearing testimony on the second day of oscar pistorius' sentencing hear. he was convicted of culpable homicide for killing his girlfriend. a charge very similar to manslaughter here many the united states. his agent testified today after being called as a witness by the defense. pistorius could be sentenced up to 15 years in prison or he could leave court as a free man. the sentencing phase could take several days to complete. >>> 5:44 this morning. one person confirmed dead after a powerful earthquake struck in central america. the 7.4 magnitude quake struck last night just off the coast of nicaragua and el salvador's border. it was felt across central america. a tsunami warning was issued for the coast of honduras and nicaragua. el salvador residents were at vised to move inland. so far no reports of major damage. >>> new video this morning as typhoon vongfong sweeps over japan leavi

laura? >> governor kitzhaber, when did you first learn about sylvia hayes, 1997 plans to grow pot in rural washington? and given the apparent gaps in how she was vetted, what you do have to say about the people you have chosen as advisors? what would you say about the people you have chosen as advisors? >> i have received a lot o >> i havef received new information over the week. and some of it very hard to assimilate. 17 years ago, before i knew sylvia and she knew me, she was involved in some illegal activities. i don't condone it. i wish it hadn't happened but it did. she's acknowledged it which took some courage and she's assumed responsibility for it and is willing to face the consequences. the fallout of that set of activities and how we deal with that fallout is really a personal matter between sylvia and myself. fallout is a personl matter between cylvia and myself. >> have you decided if you will keep cylvia hayes on as an advisor in your office, and what do you say about her role to benefit her private business? >> i do not believe there was a conflict of interest and i believe we have met

washington bureau chief of the buffalo news and a past mpc president. >>> canswelo who handled sec and financial matters as a guest of the speaker. david shepherdson, laura lipvan, congressional reporter for bloomberg news and cq road call heard on the hill, cull um niss. when our guest today take his seat representing michigan in the u.s. house, it was the same year the first mcdonalds opens and coca-cola was first sol in cans in addition to boltles. gas cost 23 cents a gallon and you could buy a car from the motor city for only $1900. john dingell took officer and served alongside 11 presidents and is not only the longest service member of the house now, he's the longest serving member ever. he announced in february that he'll retire at the end of his 29th full term. dingell, when he was only 29, succeeded his father in the congressional district. his district is thehearted of the big three autocountry. he's hoping that the dingell dynasty continues with his wife debbie, an autoindustry heir being elected in november to succeed him. dingell spebt a decade and a half as the chairman of the house committee and then dingell is known for his quick temper a

laura garcia-cannon. fleet week officially gets under way today with the arrival of the blue angels. you'll recall financial issues in washingtone last several weeks with a sore hip. the giants play the cardinals a little after 5:00 on saturday. >>> we're going to have another local news update in about half an hour or so. hope you get to enjoy this great thursday morning. . >> welcome to "today" on a special thursday morning, october the 9th, 2014 a. massive crowd outside on our plaza for an absolutely thrilling concert. i'm willie geist, with al, natalie, tamron. >> we are all coming down from it. >> oh, my god. >> i must have been a little disappointed. >> there is one more chance. we got a song in this hour. we'll see what that fourth song will be. >> i can solve this. they extended their tour. they added 20 other dates. we can go to the concert. >> done. >> roadtrip. >> meets up. >> mick getting after it on the world's greatest drum kit. >> that is incredible. the amount of equipment on that stage, crazy. >> al was having fun with that gun. >> their chemistry together, just, the fluidity of it all is amazing. >> that guita