laura: micah rasmussen? micah: u.s. border patrol data show 56,000 monthly migrant encounters at the u.s.-mexico border in august compared to 75,000 encounters in president trump's final month in august. can we grew these -- agree these are accurate snapshots of the border situation at two points in time and what do they tell us about the political situation at the border? rep. kean: in the last 3 1/2 years there were only 10 million illegal unvetted migrants left in this country because of a porous southern border. think about the consequences -- fentanyl crossed the border that infected our communities. it meant child trafficking, drug trafficking -- all of those are consequences of an unsecured southern and northern border. those are things my opponent never stood against. she supports a weak southern border and northern border. we need to know who's coming to this country and what their intents are. it's who we are to make sure we have that strength. my opponent also would not look to steepen border patrol or give t

laura: to micah rasmussen, time for two more questions. micah: mr. kean, 10 years ago you voted with most of the rest of the new jersey legislature to move to cashless bail. has that worked as you hoped it would? rep. kean: i think that the intent was good in that regard but there are new reforms that have to happen. there have to be consequences associated -- right now too many people are let out of jail who are repeat offenders and when you talk to police officers, there are not just one provision in that bill that needs to be changed a bit. the second thing is also, every other issue that has kept streets safe have been weakened by the murphy administration so when you look at driving down the fact that -- we do know that try to make sure people under 18, if they've committed a violation, their parents need to know. we have to make sure we have funding for the cops, funding for the justice system and make sure that we -- that people who commit crimes should face the consequences. laura: sue altman? ms. altman: i'm sorry, i can't let go the last an

our panelists are david while state of the new jersey globe, micah rasmussen director of the rebovichtitute and joey fox, whichor was correspond for them just to cope up with goat of the rules of the debate prior to time. we established the art of questions and responses which will take between the candidates. candidates. acquaintances c conducted earlir won by saltman. she's opting for the second opening statement. so tom kean, you are a first. the floor george. >> thank you. it's great to be with you this evening. i ranc for public office and for congress because i want to be of little people. one of the people of zipped up last year was a disabled veteran. he was an individual who is new homelessness and yet gone into surgery at afterne procedure lot oath of these limbs. we were able to engineer homelessness. we found a solution where we found him from housing to yet nursing rotation. so we've also found common ground on policy issues down washington, d.c. i've always reach across the aisle to find that common ground to make new jersey more affordable come to make sure we're energy