secret that each side takes a position that is very comfortable with outcomes that will help them. , moreoader the electorate generally it is better for democrats and a narrower, the better for republicans. that's not saying that they are doing it for that reason. it's always easier to do the right thing at the end result is the one you want. >> watch the entire discussion on election laws hosted by st. thomas university law school tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. coming up in 20 minutes, we will bring you that preview of the discussion on the threat posed by isis. until then, afl-cio president richard trumka speaking this morning at the christian science monitor breakfast. he talks to reporters about the state of the labor of movement, immigration, and the economy. >> our guest grew up in the pennsylvania coal fields and followed his father and grandfather into the minds and worked his way through penn state university and got a lot of grief from villanova. in 1982 at age 33, he was elected president of the united mine workers of america, the youngest in history to hold that position. he se