mr. abbott? clarify toespond and make sure that people understand that contrary to what senator davis said, i know more want four-year-olds to take interest test that i want to county jump over the moon. i want to build a strong foundation for our children to getting at pre-k going all the way through third grade to ensure that every child in texas will be able to read and do math at or above grade level. i have seen this firsthand. my wife has been both a teacher and the principal. we have seen the ways education transform the lives of children. the way we do that is by placing trust where it belongs and that is what our teachers. >> is this our rebuttal time? does it haveeight in the evaluation of teachers? studentsining whether are increasing their performance levels. the not the high-stakes standardized tests we have in place today. it is important to make sure we are measuring performance, but we are not discouraging good teachers from going into helpingms that will be the most challenging o

mr. abbott? >> let me respond and clarify to make sure that people understand that contrary to what senator davis said, i no more want four-year-olds to take tests than i want a cow to jump over the moon. i want to build a strong foundation for our children to getting at pre-k going all the way through third grade to ensure that every child in texas will be able to read and do math at or above grade level. i have seen this firsthand. my wife has been both a teacher and the principal. we have seen the ways education can transform the lives of children. the way we do that is by placing trust where it belongs and that is what our teachers. >> is this our rebuttal time? >> how much weight does it have in the evaluation of teachers? >> determining whether students are increasing their performance levels. the not the high-stakes standardized tests we have in place today. it is important to make sure we are measuring performance, but we are not discouraging good teachers from going into classrooms that

mr. abbott, how would you use, go ahead. abbott: first, if i could, let me respond and clarify to make sure that people understand that contrary to what senator davis said, i no more want four-year-olds to take standardized tests than i want a cow to jump over the moon. reality what i want to achieve in education to insure we build a strong foundation for education for our children beginning at pre-k 4, going all the way through third grade, to insure every child in the state of texas will be able to read and do math, at or above grade level when they finish third grade. gromer, i've seen this first-hand. my wife has been both a teacher and principal. we've seen the ways that education can transform the lives of children so they can achieve things parents couldn't even dream of, the way we do that, gromer, placing trust where it belongs, that is with our teachers as opposed to these one size fits all mandates from austin, texas. >> senator davis -- >> moderator: this is rebuttal time, ggromer. >> yes. how much weight should s

mr. abbott, i did not -- you are not telling the truth right now, and you know you are not telling the truthpersonally profit from that. >>> a judge is telling former idaho senator larry craig to pay up for using campaign funds in an attempt to overturn a guilty verdict in the so-called wide-stance fiasco. it was 2007 when the married republican was arrested for lewd conduct in an airport restroom. the fine, $242,000. >>> and there he is. russia's miss emergency situation's ministry 2014. candidates are plucked only from that agency. they're evaluated on professionalism, fitness, individuality, creativity, and we think attractiveness has something to do with it. and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> for more on the secret service security breach, i'm joined now by "chicago sun times" reporter lynn sweet. lynn, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so the secret service story, it just seems like it keeps getting worse. and as we watch these new security breach bombshells continue to drop, the big question this morning i think a lot of lawmakers and a lot of americans ha

mr. abbott -- the fight here is about how he was paid in that payout by the jury. he got compensatory damages. he said we have to cap the other side, the punitive damages. he did not get punitive damages. he wants to cap them. those are the ambulance chasers who go after lawsuits to rig the system for their own pocket. it is chasing doctors out of the state of texas. that's why she is so wrong here and misleading. >> i wish i knew that before "the five." >> and when she runs an add like that what she is subject to is liz who does this great analogy, she is screwed. if she never would have done it in the first place she would not be subject to what jiz -- what liz did. >> he didn't get money for being punishing the other side. that's what he wants to stop. jay he was jogging on a windy day and a tree limb broke off and crushed his spine which is horribly, horribly awful. then he sued the homeowner for having the tree. >> the tree was rotten and they knew it. >> get rid of the trees. >> politically. it infers that everything else isn't donna. >> i am just saying noth

mr. abbott shrugging it off last night on hannity. watch this. >> my reaction is if she wants to attack a guy in a wheelchair, that's her prerogative. as for me i'm running a different type of campaign. i'm running a campaign focused on solving the problems of texas. >> larry davis is doubling down saying that the wheelchair ad was not offensive and she stands by it. >> listen, i that i wendy davis is only the candidate for the democrats in texas for one reason and one reason only. that was because she filibustered a bill. she demanded abortion on demand with no regulation, no restrictions, and listen, that's a very ugly policy. frankly, she's a very ugly candidate, and that ugliness is showing through in this ad. these two stories are very related. the democrats were very cynical this year. they decided that the war on women was a winning strategy, so they put women into these positio positions. >> they're not good candidates. >> isn't this what the regular people out thereby the real people who get so frustrated within politics that

mr. abbott, that the australian troops will be involved in iraq, not in syria. let's give you a view across the two countries. islamic state's areas of control are shown in the orange here, spanning both those countries, right over to aleppo, of course. in syria itself, there's a key battle intensifying in the strategic town of kobane there, two weeks after islamic state fighters began their assault. and on thursday, the turkish parliament backed a motion al w allowing turkish forces to be deployed against i.s. the bbc's chief international correspondent lyse doucet has more on that. >> that motion by the turkish parliament last night was absolutely crucial. you will remember how with the u.s.-led invasion of iraq in 2003, the turks held back, deprived the forces of a vital base close to iraq, a case to refuel, a case to launch strikes from. now the turkish have joined the battle. it strengthens this international coalition. there is now even permission for turkish forces to be used on the ground, so we'll have to wait and see and watch to see how exactly they d

mr. abbott's attitudes toward women have revealed themselves in other ways. he pays his women in his office less than males. >> that texas debate is available on our website. at the pentagon briefing room waiting to hear about -- from secretary chuck hagel, talking about a new report from the military's health system. we just saw the pentagon spokesman talking to reporters. that should mean they will get underway -- soon. seen several hearings yesterday with the secret service director. senior republican lawmakers resign.to the senior democrat says he is comfortable -- not comfortable with her leading it. that two senior members of the oversight committee are seeking further information in the hours after a congressional hearing on tuesday. jason told fox news it is time resigned.ed or elijah cummings, the oversight ranking member told msnbc that he did not feel comfortable with her in that position. we covered that here yesterday and you can find it on our website. issuelikely also that will be brought up in today's white house briefing, coming up today at 3

mr. abbott attitudes towards women have revealed themselves another ways. he pays women in his office less than he paid males assistant attorney general's. he campaigned with a known sexual predator who has bragged about having sex with underage girls. thank you. >> earlier this week the congressional hispanic caucus held a conference in washington. this panel focused on the underrepresentation of hispanics in business, entertainment and the federal workforce. it's under an hour. >> one thing that was sent mentioned. it's the kind of thing that would make my parents cringe. since present company as president company on the history of latinos in america, which is available online or a book steered near you. it's called the 500 year legacy that shape the nation and very germane to what we talk about today. after all these years in public media i can finally do a commercial for myself. i hope you buy it or it may keturah ticket. crop mac as you heard in the introduction, the panel does have its work cut out for it this morning as we discussed the underrepresen

mr. abbott's attitudes towards women have revealed themselves in other ways. he pays women in his office less male assistant attorney generals. he campaigned with a known who has bragged about having sex with underage girls. your positions, though? >> this weekend on the c-span networks, tonight at 10:00 eastern on c-span, a pall john paul --john paul stevens. of microsoft, bill gates, on the ebola outbreak in africa. smith --irector of the smithson the warors talk about and constitution. tv.ook author heather cox on the history of the republican party. noon, a legaly at affairs editor and supreme court biographyer. historians and authors talk 100 yearsd war i, later. sunday afternoon, on american 100th anniversary of the panama canal. let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us. us at comments at tweet.org or send us a join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. traveling to u.s. cities to history andtheir literary life. and this weekend, we partnered toh comcast for a visit boulder, colorado. >> so my b

mr. abbott's attitudes toward women have revealed themselves in other ways.payed women in his office -- he's paid women in his office less than he's campaigned with a known sexual predator who has bragged about having sex with underage girls. thank you. >> on saturday, the candidates for the open montana house seatmate for their first debate. john lewis, a former staffer for max baucus, and ryan zinke competing to replace congressman stephen daines. live coverage at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span's 2015 student cam competition is underway. this competition for middle and high school students will award 150 prizes totaling $100,000. create a 5-57 minute documentary on this topic -- the three branches and you -- a 5-7 minute documentary. studentcam.org for more information. grab a camera and get started today. >> on the next "washington journal," the latino agenda in the 2014 election. our guest is crystal ball -- cristobal alex. schlapp from the american conservative union. the latest u.s. census bureau report on poverty and income for 2013. our guest

mr. abbott's attitudes toward women have revealed themselves in other ways. he pays women in his office less than he pays male assistant attorney generals. he campaigns with a known sexual predator who has bragged about having sex with underage girls. >> what about your -- >> thank you. >> this race leans republican. you can watch the debate and dozens of others any time online at c-span.org. >>> at the annual convention of the islamic society of north america, a panel discussed the future of islam in the u.s. and challenges facing the muslim american community. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> all right. can everyone hear me? good. i have nothing interesting to say beyond that. welcome to generation rise. my name is haroon moghul. i am the moderator or the instigator. my job is to get the conversation going. we have a very distinguished panel here. i'm going to try to let each of them speak as much as possible and if the conversation dies down, your questions will be brought up to me and i'll filter them for the most interesting, provocative, funniest and

mr. abbott is in a wheelchair. listen to this. >> then we have this guy who kind of rolls around thinking that he can get reform for himself by take it away from everybody in the state of texas. >> this guy rolls around. >> when wendy davis takes the stage she doesn't try to make good on those comments. granted she wasn't the one who said it, but come on we saw that black and white ad that we showed you at the top of the show and we thought that is this last minute hail myry. she is down by double digits. it didn't go over well but you think she would have learned a lesson. >> what do you think about that? is it good that maybe we're treating everybody the same and we say roll around, walk around, they're interchangeable? or are you as horrified as we were when we first read it and thought it was an overstatement until we heard the tape play back? weigh in on facebook or on twitter. meanwhile the president of the united states is going to do a little campaigning mostly in the gubernatorial elections, probably the m

mr. abbott was on with hannity last night and he had this to say about her. >> if she wants to attack a guyferent type of campaign. i'm running a campaign that's focused on solving the problems of texans, like securing the border, keeping texas number one for jobs, continue fighting against barak obama's epa crushing jobs in texas. so i will focus on the future of texas while my opponent continues to attack me. >> what do you think about wendy davis' idea? >> let me get this straight. so wendy davis rises to fame, has all this hollywood support, right, because she stands against this so-called gop war against women, and the way she wants to do that is to start a war against the disabled, at least one disabled man in this hideous campaign commercial -- i'm sorry we didn't have it. everyone should watch it on line. i'm sure you will play it later. but i think every democrat should be pressured to disown and disavow what wendy davis did in that ad, which is to use people who aren't disabled, as actors sitting in wheelchairs in her spot. now, if a republican had done that, et cetera, et cetera,

mr. abbott's ao attitudes towards women have revealed themselves in otherrds ways. he pays women in h his office ls than he pays male assistant attorney generals. he campaigned with a known sexual predator who has bragged about having sex with underage girls. >> what about your position? >> "washington journal" continues. >> host: we're back with ron kessler, the author of 20 nonfiction books about the secret service, his latest book is the first family detail ." you've been out and about lately talking a lot about the secret service and what happened on september 19th, the intruder making it into the east room. yesterday we heard from the head of the secret service. what's your reaction to her testimony? >> well, i think she came out sort of stony face and not in tune with what's going on. you had a cover up mentality. comments like it was dark out, that's why we couldn't do anything about the bullets. and she admitted she had actually asked for fewer personnel, which is outrageous because the secret service is totally overloaded now, understaffed. the whole budget

mr. greg abbott c-5 attitude has revealed himself another race. women in his office less than male assistant attorney general's. he campaigned with a known sexual predator who bragged about having sex with underage girls. abbott: it's like the perfect storm of factors coming together. it's exposure just the raw numbers. they have the 21 seats and republicans only have 15. that is the first factor into the least important. the big one is the math, the geography of the election. it's awful for democrats when you have seven seats up in the state that romney. and there's only one there is only one republican seats up in the obama state she couldn't lose the re- election election if she tried. you have that. six of the seven republican seats that are up this time our democratic seats in romney's state. you show me a state where mitt romney won by 14 points and i will show you the state that in 2014 iowa didn't want to be a democrat running for a federal office in that state. it just is what it is. third is the turnout and quite simply midterm election

the attorney general of the state of texas greg abbott joins us. mr. attorney general, good to have you with us. i can tell you what most people i'm sure feel when they watch that and watched the original cut. what is your reaction? >> well, lou, my reaction is she can attack a guy in a wheelchair if she wants to but i don't think it will sell real well. my focus will be on casting a positive vision as the next governor of texas about what i will achieve by creating jobs, by securing the border. so she can attack me while i attack the challenges that our fellow texans face. >> well, you know, that's about the reaction i thought you would have, getting to know you some over the years. the voter i.d. ruling, i always want to get this right. going up against a u.s. justice department representing the great state of texas, what's your record now? >> well, lou, we have a winning record. there's still some in the pipeline. but we have won more than we have lost. >> well, i think everybody needed to hear that. i was going to say -- i wanted to make sure i had

. >> in "the guardian," tony abbott says he will shirtfront vladimir putin over downing of mh 1. it means he wants a tough conversation with mr. putin. a columnist wrote an op ed standing up for putin. he said of abbott, like any bully, there comes a day when you pick on the wrong person, get your teeth smashed in and go running home to mummy blabbering like a anyone any. sounds like a fight. >>> giving up on kentucky, the democratic senatorial committee stopped supporting allison lundergan grimes. >>> more cities across the country are adding red light cameras to busy intersections and drivers beware, not all yellow lights are the same. in chicago yellow lights were shortened from three seconds to 2.9 seconds. that doesn't sound like much, but it meant $8 million in additional traffic tickets. >>> turnip for what? >> as part of a promotion for her let's move campaign, dance being a turnip. in the first hour the video has looped more than a million times. >>> this looks like something out of the jetson's cartoon. guest relations at an indiana airport have become high tech with their customer service robot. it roams the passen

the ad, calling abbott a hypocrite, and did not apologize, attorney general of texas, greg abbott is joining us, mr. attorney general good to have you with us. i can tell you what most people feel, your reaction? >> well, my reaction is she can attack a guy in a wheelchair if she wants to but i don't think it will sell well, my focus will be on casting a positive vision as next governor of texas about what i will achieve by creating jobs, by secureing the border, she can attack me while i attack the challenges that our fellow texans face. lou: you know, that is about the reaction i thought you would have. geting to know you some over the years. the voter i.d. ruling, i want to get this right, going up against u.s. justice department, representing the great state of texas, what is your record now? >> well, i filed 30 lawsuit against obama administration we have a winning record, there are still some in the pipeline, we have won more than lost. lou: i think that everyone needed to hear. i was going to say, i want to make sure i have the right number, that is the conclusion. that is a rare thing again

mr. attorney general gubernatorial candidate, greg abbott, thank you for being with us. appreciate it. >> thank you, sean. >>> coming up next, tonight right here on "hannity". >> right now are you reassessing the strategy or no? >> no chuck thrks is very early days of the strategy. the strategy's very clear. we'll do what we can from the air. >> despite reports the strategy to combat isis is failing miserably, the obama administration digs in their heels. we'll explain. and later 22 days until voters head to the polls. can republicans take back the senate? dr. carson will be back with his political predictions and see if he's running for president. that and big question of the day straight ahead. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ mom ] with life insurance, we're not just insuring our lives... we're helping protect his. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transamerica. transform tomorrow. i'm over the hill. my body doesn't work the way it used to. past my prime? i'm a vic

mr. attorney general, gubernatorial candidate, greg abbott, thank you for being with us.appreciate it. >> thank you, sean. >>> coming up next, tonight right here on "hannity". >> right now are you reassessing the strategy or no? >> no, chuck. this is very early days of the strategy. the strategy's very clear. we'll do what we can from the air. >> despite reports the strategy to combat isis is failing miserably, the obama administration digs in their heels. we'll explain. and later 22 days until voters head to the polls. can republicans take back the senate? dr. benjamin carson, he'll be back with us with his political predictions. and is he running for president? that and big question of the day straight ahead. (trader vo) i search. i research. i dig. and dig some more. because, for me, the challenge of the search... is almost as exciting as the thrill of the find. (announcer) at scottrade, we share your passion for trading. that's why we rebuilt scottrade elite from the ground up - including a proprietary momentum indicator that makes researching sectors and industries e

mr. wright. in 2008, we awarded him their rebecca johnson abbott national prize in poetry for lifetime achievement and he becomes then the only winner of the lauria chip specifically for lifetime achievement and the 22 year history of the prize as well as the third winner to move on to the lauria chip. after luis wright has also received almost more prices than can be mentioned. the pulitzer prize national award book critics award the prize from the poetry foundation and the international griffin poetry prize among many others. former chancellor of the academy of american poets wright it is a fellow at the american academy of arts and sciences, member of the american academy of arts and letters and a member of the fellowship of southern writers. it was this part of fellowship that wright recently returned to the library to participate in a reading organized by our previous poet laureate. he was born a pic with tennesean allison charlottesville virginia where he is professor emeritus of creative writing at the university of virginia. his poems often turn to the world of the south where it's grounde

prime minister tony abbott this week discussing the 38 australian citizens and residents who died when malaysian airlines flight 17 was downed over ukraine. >> i'm going to shirt front mrhe would "shirt front" president putin at the g20 summit next month. no, that is not some kind of shirtless showdown. many joked that could have been expected from these two leaders. if you, like me, have never heard of the term, it turns out that shirt-front is an aussie rules football phrase which means to bump someone front on. like this. and this. and this. ouch. the media relations manager for the league told us it was historically intended to take someone out of the game. well, that's what tony abbott would like to do to putin. take him out of the political game. a russian diplomat quickly told australian media that president putin is a professional judea wrestler. on the other hand, abbott will have the home field advantage since next month's g20 leaders summit will be held in brisbane. the correct answer to the gps challenge question is, actually, all of the above. it was a trick question. if you look at this map from the global post, which uses data from the cia, all of these