mr. baker. >> thanks, jim. thanks to the audience and the viewers as well. i got into this race and left my job 15 months ago because i was worried about the direction of massachusetts was in. there is nothing that has happened over the course of the last 15 months to change my mind. 300,000 people are of work in a matter how positive the spent the government might try to put on a, september saw the single largest job loss in massachusetts in 20 years. over 20,000 lost their jobs last month. the governor believes that we're on the move. i do not believe we are doing near enough to get our economy going again. despite billions of dollars in rainy day funds and over $1 billion in new taxes, massachusetts faces a $2 billion deficit that this governor is having to the next governor to clean up. as someone who has been through turnarounds and knows something about making the tough decisions required to restore the fiscal health of the commonwealth, i look forward to the opportunity to discuss the is

mr. baker is a former health care industry ceo and mr. cahill is state treasurer. the cook political report rates this race a tossup. >> live, the massachusetts gubernatorial debate with candidates incumbent duval patrick, -- >> baker, tim cahill, and jill stein. debate involving the four candidates for governor will be the only gubernatorial debate to take place here in western massachusetts and will originate from our broadcast studios. it will also be available online, streaming live on our website. our viewers have submitted some of the questions we will ask the candidates tonight. we are committed to bringing you the candidates and what you need to know to make informed decisions this election day, november 2. thank you for your participation. >> that evening. -- good evening. we welcome viewers all around the country watching on c-span. >> i will be the moderator this evening. the candidates are deval patrick, jill stein, charlie baker, and tim cahill. the names were drawn in order. >> thank you and thanks to the panelists and to the viewers. thank you for par

one minute, mr. baker. >> thank you very much, jim and to channel 22 and the viewing audience as well. i left this race 15 months ago and i entered this race because i was concerned about the direction -- i was concerned about the direction this country was heading in. nothing is happens to change my mind. the month of september saw the biggest largest job loss in massachusetts in 20 years, over 20,000 people lost their jobs last month. the governor believes we are on the mend and on the move. i do not think we are doing and were near enough to get our economy going again. despite billions of dollars in rainy day fund money and federal stimulus money, and over $1 billion in new taxes, massachusetts faces a $2 billion deficit next year at this governor has handed to the next governor to clean up. as someone who has been through two turnaround and knows how to make the tough decisions required to restore the fiscal health of the commonwealth, i look forward to the opportunity to discuss the issues tonight. >

patrick and mr. baker and mr. cahill. >> voters had to the polls and less than two weeks. follow the key races and candidates on the c-span networks with the dates every night my of to election day. archived debates are online at and on our politics page. upcoming event coverage, campaign ads and other helpful resources. follow election coverage right through election day. >> max, and illinois governor's debate between the democratic incumbent and his republican challenger. some of the topics include the economy. the debate was organized by the league of women voters and wls- tv. this is about one hour. tonight's moderator is ron majors. >> the evening and welcome to tonight's debate. the candidates will debate so you will be better informed when you vote this november 2. this is created by the league of women voters of illinois. the candidates for governor or republican bill brady and democrat pat quinn. joining me in questioning the candidates is charles thomas, rebecca's on chess, an antique shop, the executive director of the better government association. as determine

mr. bakert you're going through right now. your daughter is missing. your wife is in custody. do you think your wife could have had something to do with zahra's disappearance? >> i wouldn't like to think so. it could be possible. >> it could be possible? >> well, what have you heard? >> -- >> that's probably something that we just want to remain an investigation. >> you want it to remain an investigation. but you haven't ruled out that aliza baker is a person of interest in the case? >> we haven't ruled anything out. we've done the amber alert to make sure at that information got out there to see her in the public. we just haven't ruled anything out yet. all possibilities are there. >> when you say you haven't ruled anything out. let me just be clear because there's been some inconsistency on this as well. have you ruled out mr. baker has a suspect? >> again, this investigation is ongoing. we cannot rule out anybody at this time. we just want to make sure that we do a very methodical investigat

the clerk of the committee is mr. baker young. and the announcements? >> please turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to speak during public comment, please turn out in the card to myself. please provide copies of all documents to the file. pocket -- documents of hearing today will appear in the october 10 meeting unless otherwise stated. supervisor avalos: item number one, please. >> item number one, resolution authorizing the department of emergency management to enter into a contract with the state of california office of administrative hearings to provide administrative law judges to serve as hearing officers on administrative appeals from certification actions by the san francisco emergency medical services agency. supervisor avalos: very good. welcome. >> good morning. this item has to do with the emergency medical services agency, a division of the medical services management. one of the functions is to certify people that want to become an emergency medical technicians in san francisco. we do many checks to make sure that they're the

as mr. baker mentioned, there is a labor market report showing a 20,000 jobs lost in the stake between august and september. it shows the unemployment rate dropped from 8.8% so it is a mixed report. we're not feeling it so much. the unemployment rate getting better. it is getting worse here than anyplace in the state. other towns have problems. you talk about a green jobs economy. what specifically do you have for creating jobs out in western massachusetts? how would you pay for it? >> the wonderful thing about green jobs as they tend to pay for themselves. it is true that the recovery to the extent it has been a recovery is in the boston area. it is mostly high tech. probably dependent on the stimulus package. that recovery which is occurring at a snail's pace is not adequate. green jobs can apply all over the commonwealth where the healthy food economy and the agricultural economy is thriving even without support. i would like to take some of the support which are being given to the unproductive

. >> mr. baker? >> i agree with the treasurer on the wind-siting bill. i would not sign the bill if it got to my desk. these are their role locations and we will have to shoot our way through a tremendous amount of national habitat to have the capacity to get in there. one of the highest costs to electricity in the country here, and it affects our ability to grow jobs in many sectors including manufacturing. that is why i do not support cape wind. i think it's a bad idea. fundamentally we ought to be choosing less expensive renewable alternatives. that is a good deal for deal for job creation, that is a good deal for reducing our carbon footprint. those of the types of issues we should be pursuing. >> next question for mr. patrick. >> governor, it is estimated that the budget deficit for the next fiscal year that begins july 1 is approximately $2 billion. how would you close that deficit, and please be specific. >> thanks for the question because it gives me a great opportunity to clear up misunderstandings. our budget has been balanced in ways that my o

. >> lastly and briefly, there's a suggestion here by mr. baker in this piece that mr.ntial bubble in term of, i guess, the number of aides he talks to, it might be smaller than george bush's was. is that your experience? can you expand on that? >> what's the optimal size of a bubble here? >> none. >> right. you want a president who can get information from a wide range of sources. this president has a close inner circle. i think it's very hard for outside journalists and outside politicians to try to penetrate it. but we don't actually know who he's talking to. and i think the president likes it that way. was president bush for all the people he could draw on from his father's administration, from everyone in the republican establishment, was he better informed about the situation in iraq? what matters is the quality of the information, the questions they're asking. not the size of the bubble. >> msnbc political analyst richard wolf. thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you, keith. >> the republicans' implicit promise gets more explicit about that president. if they

. >> have you ruled out mr. baker as a suspect? >> again, this investigation is ongoing. ybody at this time. >> reporter: friends and neighbors say alisa baker physically abused zahra. her daughter recently testified against her release, saying she's afraid. with so many people now coming forward alleging abuse, there is a sense of guilt here in hickory. as this community wonders why no one spoke up. >> we're disgusted that this could happen to her. why didn't they just leave her with the grandparents in australia? >> reporter: so many questions. still, so little known about what happened to zahra. for "good morning america," yunji de nies, abc news, hickory, north carolina. >> the mystery continues. >>> and finally, it's one of the joys of childhood. snow days. but one school district in ohio is cancelling them this winter. from now on, when the weather's bad, kids can take the classes online, from home. it's part of a statewide experiment to avoid holding classes in the summer. that's no fair. it's 8:05. >>> time for the weather. let's check in with heidi jones, who -- n

. >> martha: thanks a lot mr. baker, good to talk to you. very interesting. all the hot political developments heading into november's mid terms at your fingertips, wherever you are, all you need to do is download america's election headquarters iphone app, it's very cool and on our website, fox news.cole or stop by and pick it up at the old app store. bill: have you done that yet? >> i'm not an iphone person. but i'm doing it online. bill: fox news alert, just hearing now a new federal audit saying our nuclear power plants are at risk of terrorism. according to a federal audit, this comes out of washington now, security needs to be beefed up to prevent, quote, infiltration, the audit suggests rescreening of employees as one upgrade. more details on this are expected to be released a bit later today. part of the concerns stem from information they had where an al-qaeda suspect had worked at a nuclear power plant in the state of new jersey for about a period of six years. they believe he is back in yemen now and, hence, the warning that we're getting right now

mr. baker's comments. president clinton was only president because of ross peret. he garnered 20 million votes. in 1996, i believe he garnered 20 million votes. without those votes, i don't think clinton would have been president. with respect to mr. obama, being born and raised in chicago. it it was the most left wing, the university of chicago area. he also, of course, comes from a town which is one of most corrupt. literally corrupt political towns in the united states. so that's the background of mr. obama. i will hang up and listen to your comments. guest: true, president clinton never won the popular vote in another elections as president bush didn't in his first. i don't know myself how the pro-voters would have gone if he had not been in the race. he was a big factor in '92 and less in '96. that's a good question. are we going to have anybody else on the ballot. ralph nadar played an important role. would that alter the dynamic? i think it's a very open question. hos host:. you reflect on this, "this is an administration that feels shell shocked". the best

mr. going on really in private there. >> rose: thank you very much, peter baker, "new york times" magazine, the education of a president. october 17th, 2010 issue. thank you, peter. >> thanks, charlie. appreciate it. >> rose: valery gergiev is here, one of the world's greatest conductors. also one of russia's most well-known cultural figures. he is currently the principal conductor of the london symphony orchestra. since 1988 he has been the life and leader of his beloved marinsky theatre in st. petersburg. he became its artistic director and he was only 35 years old. he preceded to revive the orchestra and to restore the work of the great russian composers of the 20th century. today the marinsky ballet, opera and orchestra are world renowned and everyone knows-- ger geoff's style of conducting has made him one of the most compelling performers to watch. here he is in a "60 minutes" piece about him. ♪ ♪ . >> he's got to be the world's most unkemp, unshaven and unlikely of conductors. ♪ ♪ ♪. >> but don't let that put you off. ger geoff is conductin conducting-- gergiev is conducting are you in another world. his eyes rol