china and the chinese government attaches great importance to national corp. and to state corporation and city corp. -- cooperation between the two countries. this time, i am leading a delegation consisting of 100 people. my main purpose or one of my main purposes is to promote the financial, economic and trade relations at the national level. we hope our visit or my visit this time will promote the cooperation between the industry -- ministry of commerce, the state and government of california, and the municipal government of san francisco. this time, the delegation at lead -- i lead, the people are from different places in china. they come from the ministry of commerce, from the local government, from different provinces, they come from the chamber of commerce, and the different companies in china. we hope that through this visit, we can strengthen our corp., thus facilitating cooperation, the exchanges between the governments and the companies between the two sides. as the largest economy in the u.s., california boasts the resources and a strong advantage in

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> today, our coverage continues with remarks from president obama at a campaign rally in milwaukee. it is one month before early voting benz in wisconsin. see that rally live today at 6:45 p.m. eastern.

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the country faces the starkest, the starkest choice for president in my memory. you see, the president and i have fundamentally different vision than governor romney and congressman ryan and a different value set that guides us. >> under the current president, we are at risk of becoming a poor country, because he looks to government as the great been factor in every life. our opponents have a new motto, they say, quote, government is the only thing that we all belong to. i don't know about you, but i have never thought of government as something that i belong to. >> watch and engage with c-span as the campaigns move towards the october debates. the vice presidential candidates will debate once and the presidential candidates will debate three times. follow our coverage on c-span, c-span radio and online at cspan dog >> what they are saying, why they are saying it. beyond that, i like to use c-span as to what is happening in the country. sometimes you get so caught up in

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captions performed by national captioning institute] >> now arkansas governor bill clinton accepting the democratic nomination in 1992. this is the first campaign. before facing th bush he emerged against in the primary against brown, tsongus. his speech is a little under an hour. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much. [cheers and applause] >> chairman brown, mayor dinkins, our great host. my fellow delegates and my fellow americans, i am so proud of al gore. he said he came here tonight because he always wanted to do the warm-up for elvis. well, i ran for president this year for one reason and one reason only. i wanted to come back to this convention and finish that speech i started four years ago. [cheers and applause] well, last night is how a real nominating speech should be given. [cheers and applause] we also made it clear why we have to steer our ship of state on a new course. tonight i want to talk with you about my hope for the future, my faith in the american people, and my vision of the kind of cou

victory has become a habit of our party.q [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captions performed by national captioning institute] the national income has increased in 1933 to $203 billion in 1947. the greatest in all the history of the world. these benefits have been spread to all the people because it is the business of the democratic party to see that some people get a fair share these days. this last congress proved just the opposite for the republicans. we converted the greatest and best of the republicans to our viewpoint on that subject. [cheers and applause] the united states has to accept its full responsibility for leadership in american affairs. we are the backers and the people that organized and started the united nations. first started under that great democratic party. the league was sabotaged by the republicans in 1920 and we must see that the united nations continues a strong and growing body so we can have everlasting peace in the world. we removed the trade barriers in the world, which is the best message we can have for peace. we have started a progr

. ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp2012] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tomorrow, until biden speak in the campaign rally at the national railroad museum in wisconsin. our live wrote to the white house coverage begins at 4:10 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> as c-span covers the republican and democratic party convention this year, here is what some viewers have had to say about candidates. >> i thought governor romney had to do two things attend in his speech -- explain why obama deserves not to be reelected and explain why he deserves to be elected. as well as giving some idea of the roots of his values. since this was an introduction to america at large. i think he largely did a good job. >> i thought the speech was a fairly good speech. it did reintroduce mitt romney to the american public. however, it did not change my mind. i will still vote for president obama. >> i watched the whole convention. i am extremely impressed. i was undecided. now i am decided. i am 100% a mitt romney supporter. >> i am an obama supporter. i think --

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning] >> see the first of the presidential debate live on c- span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. next, your calls on washington journal. then senator joe lieberman. then the house hearing on operation fast and furious. >> when i first came down to washington i did not know what an ig did. we seldom would run into their law enforcement arm. there would be our agents. for a while i was perry mortgage fraud cases. i was dealing with the inspector general. i did not know what the ig was doing. one of the first things i did was go down and meet the different ig's. over the next couple of years, i found the inspector general's -- although they are supposed to be eased fears watchdogs of thing out for waste, fraud, and abuse, they were just like any other governmental agency. their number one concern. -- seemed to be how to have concern over their budget. it was really a goal along get along attitude. there were three different types of ig's. a lap dog that would curl up on the lap of management

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> today vice-president joe biden campaigns and florida. our coverage is that the glove and:40 eastern on c-span. >> my opponent and his running mate are big believers in top down economics. the basically believe if we spend another $5 trillion on tax >> don't boo, vote. >> >> he has one thing he did not do in his first four years, which is to raise taxes. is there anybody who thinks raising taxes will help the economy? his plan is to continue what he has done before. the status quo has not worked. we cannot afford them a more years of brought the bomb. >> wednesday, president obama and mitt romney meet in their first presidential debate. watch and engage with c-span. post debate, your reaction, calls, e-mails, and tweets. >> not a debate between former wisconsin governor tommy thompson and u.s. rep tammy baldwin. this debate is hosted by the wisconsin broadcasters association. the cook political report raised his race a tossup. this is one hour. >> good evening. radio and

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> in two weeks, the first of the presidential debates live on c-span, cspan radio, and c- span.org, watch and engage. coming up this morning, a video of the mitt romney fund raiser leaked by mother jones magazine than today's "washington journal" live with your phone calls followed by live coverage of the senate homeland security hearing on terrorist threats with testimony from janet napolitano. >> the country faces the starkest, the starkest choice of president in my memory. you see, the president and i have fundamentally different visions than governor romney and congressman ryan and a different value set that guides us. >> under the current president, we are at risk of becoming a poor country because he looks to government as the great benefactor in every life. our opponents have a new model -- they say government is the only thing we all belong to. but it know about you have never thought of government as something that i belong to. >> watch and engage as the campaigns mov

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> in less than three weeks, the first of the presidential debates live on c-span, c-span radio and c-span dot org. next, author and internet entrepreneur andrew keen on the state of social media. after that, a look at some of the 9/11 memorials held this week including ceremonies in new york city and at the pentagon. tomorrow on washington journal, national education decision president decisionvan roekel's reaction to the chicago's teachers' strike. a discussion of the patrol presidential campaign with william bennett. the washington institute and the latest on the anti-american protests in the middle east. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> i think people like to see where politicians views have shifted over the years. at the people like to see whether mitt romney in 1994 was campaigning for welfare reform or against well for -- welfare reform. i think people like to see how these politicians have evolved. day -- there is an element that is almost, people say this is in

[applause] ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by nationalaptioning institute] >> mitt romney responded to comments by president obama about china and he brought out his five point economic plan. [applause] >> thank you so much for that warm introduction. and for all your help and supportand congratulations to christina as well. thank you. good to be here. -- good to be home. i have a son here. and a grandson. hi, guys. [applause] it is an honor to be your guest and speak to you as we begin national hispanic heritage month. i am pleased to represent the party of governor susana martinez and marco rubio and ted cruz. [applause] these leaders are republicans for the same reasons as millions of other hispanics. they see ours is the party of opportunity, the party that will restore america's prosperity. at our convention, governor martinez described that experience that is so familiar. at the beginning of her career she was a democrat, and she got an invitation to go to lunch with a couple of republicans. the words "democrat" and "republican" did

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> tomorrow on "washington journal", which will talk with third party candidates. first, green party that it jill stein. she will talk about her platform and the challenges of running as a third party candidate. that is followed by former virginia rep and constitution party candidate virgil good. e. and then we will look at the history and role of third parties, from the liberty partyin 1841 to ross perot's party in the early 1990's. "washington journal" with your calls, tweet, and e-mails live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> it is the first thing in our article here is, getting medicare costs under control is the number one priority. and it is the most untouchable thing. but that is going to cause more trouble than any other problem we have got fiscally and the united states. getting medicare costs under control as the number one thing. >> it you say we also surcharge smokers. and the obese for their medicare coverage. >> right. >> where did that idea come from? >> it came

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> in less than three weeks, the first of the presidential debates live on c-span, c-span radio and c-span dot org. want to engage. next, author and internet entrepreneur andrew keen on the state of social media. after that, a look at some of the 9/11 memorials held this week including ceremonies in new york city and at the pentagon. >> a started by saying let's be cautiously optimistic. i title the book "the awakening ." it is about the arab mind. yes, it is possible to change the country. this is something that is a legacy, a shift, which is very promising for the future. >> tariq ramadan on the causes of the arab spring at 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv. >> they bring us at the news in an unfiltered manner. i watched the news, whatever national events are going on. i do not have to worry about some experts telling me what i should think about of. it gives you the ability to make your own opinion about what is going on. they claim they're trying to be down the middle, but it is

applause] ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp2012] >> now the 1964 acceptance speech from president lyndon johnson. it took place less than a year after the assassination of president kennedy. president johnson did not face a serious challenge for the nomination but civil-rights played a major role in the campaign with george wallace's running on a segregationist clot form. johnson's speech to delegates is about 40 minutes. >> he appreciates at this tremendous reception and has a message to give to you and the american people. [no audio] [applause] -- [applause] >> chairman mccormick, my fellow americans. i accept your nomination. [applause] i accept the duty of leading this party to victory this year. [applause] i thank you from the bottom of my heart for placing at my side --e man that last night so you so qisely -- wisely selected to be the next vice president of the united states. i know i speak for each and all of youw hen i say -- when i say he proved himself tonight in that great acceptance speech. [applause] and i speak f

[captions performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> i ask you pointedly, do you share that vision of america, and what specifically would you do to deal with that 47 percent? >> the best program is a job. >> do you think half the country sees itself as victims? >> no. i look very positively -- >> so you would part company with governor romney on this point? >> excuse me? >> would you disagree with governor romney on this point? >> i have my own point of view. i think people still bleeb in the american dream. our duty as public servants is to make sure this is a country where everyone has an opportunity to pursue their dreams. the way i look at it, and i will expand on it more in the debate, i suppose. but the point is, if you look at the records, who has created more opportunities? i mention -- i mention welfare reform. those are folks who are down and out. even folks who are disabled want to work. i think that is a natural -- one of the great attributes and character riftics of all americans. they don't look at themselves as

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> i have a question about the voting rights act. >> here is a former king opens to associate. >> i am. i'm very proud. i have a question. the gentleman was talking about empirical evidence. the judge laid out powerful empirical evidence as to the formula that was used and the criteria that was used dating back to 1973 and how there is simply no fit there any more. that was not convincing to the d.c. circuit. i was wondering if there is any prognostication that it would be more convincing to the supreme court. >> yes, it of the more convincing. >> it is a cousin of a question about the misfit evidence when it comes to affirmative action. the justices have seen section 5 a lot. justice kennedy has written a lot about it. they have strong views to begin with. it will be mostly confirmatory for many of the justices that the list of the jurisdictions that are subject to the restrictions of section 5 was created in another era and when congress reauthorize the voting rights act

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> president obama is back on the campaign trail this week with visits to nevada and colorado. tomorrow, his other grass-roots campaign event in las vegas. we will be live with the president starting at 8:25 eastern on c-span2. former president bill clinton campaigned for president obama in miami on tuesday, part of it today trip to florida. he campaigned in orlando on wednesday. from florida international university, this is 40 minutes. >> let's give lieutenant carroll another hand. [applause] i want to thank all the people who spoke before me because represent something good about america and the acting president obama has tried to support -- all those who spoke before me represent something good about america and i think something president obama has tried to support. all of these people present the idea of citizenship and service. i want to thank joe garcia for being here, all of the other elected officials. the obama campaign volunteers. and the president of fiu. [ap

applause] ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp12] tomorrow, the national press foundation discusses the fiscal cliff. vice-president biden spoke at this rally in portsmouth. this is half an hour. >> ♪ we take care of our own. we take care of our own. ♪ >> i tell you, it is great to be here. he said the closer we got, the closer we are getting to heaven. [applause] i'd tell you what. wasn't this guy magnificent at the convention? [applause] until he spoke, i did not know what romney was going to do to santa claus. [laughter] no, i tell you what. this guide, this guy is amazing. what a difference government makes. and melanie, thank you for this introduction. everyone stood up on sunday morning and said, i have to introduce the vice president in front of all those cameras. you are gracious and i appreciate all of your hard work not just today, but what you have been doing for us for a long time now. thank you very much. [applause] and if my dad were still around, he would say, please excuse my back. and by the way, it is great to be

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> there's a lot of research out there that, in fact, mobile usage is even higher among minority communities than it is among white communities. i've seen some startling research that in some of these minority communities, 70% or 80% of the usage of the broadband is through mobile applications. i'm not a critic of mobile broadband in any way whatsoever. after the wireless transition, we're in the business, so no reason for me to be critical. my comment is not a platform comment. it's more a device comment. and that is if you're going to do mobile on a laptop and get real broadband speed, l.t.e.-type speeds, i don't have any problem. if you're in the educational context and talking about mobile smart phone and a lot of this access of broadband, in minority communities in particular, i don't view that as an acceptable -- accept table replacement. >> david cohen on telecommunications monday at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >> first lady michelle obama was in wisconsin friday at this campaign stop in appleton. this was her second visit

hurt the poor[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> the first of the presidential debates live on c-span, c-span radio end -- and cspan.org. mark zucker work on a feature of facebook. then offer an internet occupy nor andrew keen on the status social media. after that, and look at some of the 9/11 more gills held this week. -- memorials held this week. mark zuckerberg says his social network of stock performance has been disappointing. he sat down to talk about the future of baseball -- of facebok book. and this is about 35 minutes. >> please join me in welcoming to the stage facebook founder mark zuckerberg and techcrunch founder michael arrington. [applause] they already yelling. >> what is that? did i mess up already? there are a few more people in here. i think they want to hear what you have to say. welcome to techcrunch. >> thank you for having me perplexed and this venue probably looks familiar. -- thank you for having me. >>this venue look probably looked familiar. >> you get more people in here that we do. >> are you

[captions performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] hal rogers is, kentucky's 5th district, is our guest today, thank you for being with us today. >> thank you. >> joining us is staff writer lori montgomery, fiscal policy reporter for "the washington post," and humberto sanchez, staff writer for "roll call. "let's start with lori montgomery. >> you have had con -- been confronted with constant drama with the funding of the government. can you talk to us about the c.r. that just passed yesterday where there was a bit of drama. we were going to go with one number we thought we set last year, but no, that wasn't good enough, and now we came back to where we were in the first place. >> well, the budget control agreement passed, which was in the aftermath of the debt ceiling, the back of last year. overall spending is set for fiscal 13 at $1.37 trillion. well, the senate would have been marking that up to $10.47. we would have been automatically in disagreement with all of the bills. but we have gone ahead and passed through the comm

inaudible] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> monday, a look at how the president of the inland states should engage the world. the carnegie endowment for international peace hosted this discussion on the american influence abroad and the rise of global powers, like china. coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> china has cheated and i will finally do something about it, get them down on the carpet for it and label them price and manipulators. we brought were trade cases against china in one term than the previous administration did in two. by the way, we are winning those cases. >> jim lehrer moderates from the university of denver. watch followed by two ways to follow that the debate at 9:00. c-span 2, the multi camera version of the debate. following your reaction, calls, e-mails, twitter messages. >> a group of political fact checkers assessed claims made by president obama and mitt romney as the campaign ahead of their first debate. they were from people with the fact, the washington post, and the -- p

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] we are back with our to reporters. a lot of people out there trying to refinance. what did you hear? >> i heard a lot of optimism about their prospects in congress. he seemed optimistic that they get this bill through. i am not sure if this bill will get through the house. some republicans will not want to get him this. >> after the election, the also face a fiscal cliff. >> he did not want to risk hurting the recovery by getting rid of something that is popular and benefits families. the bigger picture is that it is a very popular tax deduction that many people in america and joy. it would be a big fight to get rid of something like that. since there is much prospect for that to be change anytime soon. >> there is some sense that there is a broad deal that lowers the overall rate and as some of the deductions could be in play next year. problem not eliminated but maybe there could be some scale back or an income limit

. ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp2012] >> watch gavel-to-gavel coverage of the democratic convention from charlotte, n.c., starting on tuesday. next, we will talk about the democratic convention with the mayor of los angeles, followed by past democratic convention speeches, starting with hillary clinton in 1996, and john edwards, from 2004, in boston. >> joining us this week on "newsmakers," the mayor of los angeles. he is the president of the democratic national convention this year. we are here in tampa with major garrett and peter nicholas. the mayor is in our washington studio. before we leave tampa, let's start there. what is your impression of the republican convention this year? >> thank you for having me, by the way. it is good to be with the three of you. i thought that the madison avenue advertising executives they brought in to recast governor romney did a fairly good job of making him warmer and fuzzier. aha i think that they also did a good job of talking in generalities. if you listened, governor romney

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> see the thirst of the presidential debates wednesday, october 3 -- the first of the president of debate wednesday, october 3. next, we look at the environmental policies of u.s. policies followed by a look at the supreme court's upcoming 2013 term and a look at the supreme court's latest term from 2011 and 2012. then hate crimes and domestic extremism. >> when i first came down to washington, i did not know what an i.g. did. we will occasionally run into their law enforcement arm. i started a mortgage fraud unit and i was dealing with the inspector general from h.u.d. i did not know the big picture of what an i.g. was doing. when i first garden, the first thing i did was meet the i.g.'s. -- started, the first thing i did was to meet been i.g.'s. they are supposed to be looking for waste, fraud, and abuse. those are the words in their statutes. their number one concern is how to preserve their budget. they are worried about clashing with management and too much interactio

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> in four weeks, the first of the presidential debates live on c-span common c-span.org and c- span radio. and next to my computer decatur's looks at -- up next, "communicator's" looks at telecommunication. >> summer is over, as are the political conventions. congress is returning to washington and the sec will be holding hearings again. this week on "the communicator's" we are joined by 10 -- three technology reporters to look at the upcoming legislative and policy agenda which involves technology. elizabeth wasserman is the technology editor at politico. one of the issues we have covered on this over the last year is cyber security. what is the status of it and do you see further action this fall? >> when the senate left town this summer, they had just failed to pass a democratic- backed bill on cyber security that was calling for more requirements on critical infrastructure industries, such as power plants, pipelines, water lines. the parties did not want to leave it as a f

up next, if it weren't for cold, hard math, the national press corps and critics in both parties, mitt romney might be feeling pretty good about himself right now. we'll tackle the arithmetic end of all of that next. so, you guys grew up together. yes, since third grade... what are you lookin' at? not looking at i anything... we're not good enough for you. must be supermodels? what do you model gloves? brad, eat a snickers. why? 'cause you get a little angry when you're hungry. better? [ male announcer ] you're not you when you're hungry™. better. [ male announcer ] snickers satisfies. >> jennifer: tonight in "the war room," we've made it clear the long odds that mitt romney faces to add 1600 pennsylvania avenue. his collection of addresses. nate silver of "the new york times" puts romney's chances at 8%. other analysts have it a little better for romney. not a whole lot. today, a data analytics company called -- great name, nerd wallet lowered romney's odds from 20% of likely of winning to 16%. nerd wallet puts polls from today and the last few weeks and historical data into a model a

host: calle[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] show?s chess yellin's >> re-airs this weekend. >> the power and decisions would be made assuming obama is reelected -- keep the microphone close to your mouth. at national journal, keep your mouth close to the microphone. we always take cues from the much more elegant atlantic colleagues. each microphone has different tape like a wine glass at a party. are you sure that president obama will be reelected in what is the basis for that and what is the most important thing his re-election will result? there was conversation before that this election will result some issues that have been dividing the country for some time. what is your level of competence and why and what is the biggest issue if he gets reelected that he will result or settle? >> thank you so much for having me here this afternoon. it is a pleasure to be here. my level of sureties around the president's reelection -- as i said here and internationally, it will be an extremely tight election. i believe the president

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> for a d.v.d. copy of this program call 1-877-662-7726. for comments visit us at qanda.org. >> if in four weeks the first of the presidential debates live on c-span, c-span radio and c- span.org. watch and engame. next, british prime minister, david cameron takes questions at the house of commons. then republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan in nevada, and vice president bynum campaigns in ohio. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" a look at the week ahead. ahead.

\[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] \[captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> for a d.v.d. copy of this program call 1-877-662-7726. for comments visit us at qanda.org. >> in four weeks, the first of the presidential debates live on c-span, cspan radio, and c- span.org. next, live, your calls and comments. >> america has been patient. americans have supported the president in good faith. today the time has come to turn the page, today the time has come to put the disappointment of the last four years behind us, to put aside the divisiveness and the recriminations, to forget about what might have been and look ahead to what can be. now is the time to restore the promise. what is needed in our country today is not complicated or profound. it does not take a special government commission to tell us what america needs. what america needs is jobs, lots of jobs. [applause] >> know this america, our problems can be solved. our challenges can be met. the path we offer may be harder but it leads to a better place and i'm asking you to choose that future. i

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] stand for the customary oath? if you could raise your right hand and swear that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. had answered in the affirmative. one senator is on his way, and i will hold off until he arrives. i will by way of a general introduction and do our other tw witnesses. -- two witnesses. new york university school of law, where he has been a faculty member since 1982, specializing in criminal law and a broad range of criminal justice issues, including hate crime. oxford university press published his book. professor jacobs is say 2012- 2013 guggenheim fellow. he received his b.a. from john hopkins and his law degree from university of chicago. i want to thank the senator and his office are working with us cooperatively on this hearing, and note that the senator asked us that we invite him as a witness, and thank you very much. i went to introduce the other witnesses in the hopes that he will be in

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the u.s. candidate for senate for nebraska will answer questions from a panel of journalists. please join me in welcoming the republican candidate, deb fischer -- [applause] and the democratic candidate, former u.s. senator bob kerrey. [applause] our panelists are ketv reporters. each candidate will have 90 seconds to answer. they will be given 30 seconds of rebuttal time. our audience includes guests of both candidates. we ask you to refrain from any displays of approval or disapproval and hold your applause to the end of the debate. we thank the omaha community playhouse for providing this beautiful venue. we begin with our opening statements, one a minute long each, and under rules agreed by candidates, a coin flip will determine who goes first, and that is candidate fischer. >> a little over a year ago, i began this. >> introduced myself to nebraskans as i travelled across the state. i am the wife of 40 years, mother of three grown sons and a daughter in law. i have

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioningnstitute] >> the first debate between mitt romney and president obama is next wednesday. we moderate from the university of denver it is followed by the domestic policy debate at 9:00. all are live coverage on c-span -- cat our live coverage on c- span. >> francois hollande addressed the u.s. general assembly for the first time since being elected earlier this spring. he said france will support new sanctions against iran. he talked about climate change in europe's debt crisis. >> on behalf of the general assembly, i have the honor to welcome to the united nations his excellency, and i invite him to address the assembly. >> >> ladies and gentlemen, representatives of states, it is the first time that i speaking at the united nations. the it is a very moving moment for me. i understand what the united nations is for our world and what it has done for our history. i also am aware of a sense of responsibility. they have duties. i am also here to talk about values that cannot belong to any

god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp12] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] mitt romney is thought to president obama's announcement to end subsidies for chinese of the pots big chinese auto parts. he also laid out his five. economic plan. ♪ >> another rally in ohio today, in columbus, and there you see mitt romney on the stage in los angeles, speaking out to the u.s. hispanic chamber of commerce. >> thank you so much for that warm introduction. and congratulations to christina as well. thank you. good to be here. i have a son here. hi, guys. it is an honor to be your guest and speak to you as we begin national hispanic heritage month. i am pleased to represent the party of governor susana martinez and marco rubio and ted cruz. these leaders are republicans for the same reasons as millions of other hispanics. they see ours is the party of opportunity, the party that will restore america's prosperity. at our convention, governor martinez described that experience that is so familiar. at the beginning o

up next, if it weren't for cold, hard math, the national press corps and critics in both parties, mitt romney might be feeling pretty good about himself right now. we'll tackle the arithmetic end of all of that next. of sununu, you're wrong. mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our >> jennifer: tonight in "the war room," we've made it clear the long odds that mitt romney faces to add 1600 pennsylvania avenue. his collection of addresses. nate silver of "the new york times" puts romney's chances at 8%. other analysts have it a little better for romney. not a whole lot. today, a data analytics company called -- great name, nerd wallet lowered romney's odds from 20% of likely of winning to 16%. nerd wallet puts polls from today and the last few weeks and historical data into a model a computer model to get that number. nerd wallet got its start analyzing credit card rates and now uses data an ax sis in fields like -- analysis in fields like education. joining me is the vice president of financial markets joan

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> mr. president, do you think middle income americans are over or under taxed? >> i was not going to say this, but i cannot help it. there you go again. [laughter] i do not have a plan to tax or increase taxes. i am not going to increase taxes. i can understand why you are. as a senator, you voted 16 times to increase taxes. i believe our problem has not been that anybody in our country is under text. -- under taxed. had a 25% tax cut across the board that maintained the same productivity of attacks by structure. as a matter of fact, it happens in administering the taxes, those above $50,000 to not get quite as big a tax cut percentage wise as those from $50,000 down. those people. two -- those people paid 2/3 of the taxes and got 2/3 of the tax cuts. >> you said, there you go again. do you remember the last time you said it? you said it when president carter said you were going to cut medicare. you said, there you go again, mr. president. what did you do after the election? y

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] klaxon both chambers of congress will be returning on wednesday due to the observation of rosh hashana on monday. though it's coming in the house after 6:30. disapproval aimed at blocking the obama administration's changes to the welfare law. also expected, a package of energy and entertainment bills aimed at boosting energy production and jobs. house live on c-span. the senate gavels in at 10:00 a.m. wednesday to continue work on a veterans' jobs bill as well as take up a job funding the government for six months. for more, we spoke to a capitol hill reporter. >> senators spent the week to create job corps for veterans. where does that stand now? >> they claim to vote on the 19th. they will take off monday and tuesday for the jewish holiday and they will finally begin writing this on wednesday. >> who had objections to this? >> there were several reasons to stall. first of all, if you wanted the cynical view, the republicans were not going to give them anything. democrats cont

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corpback at the 2004 convention in boston. and this week we're in charlotte, north carolina. you can see the inside of the arena where the democratic convention will be held. the convention starts tuesday. we will hear from first lady michelle obama. on wednesday, elizabeth warren will appear. and former president bill clinton. and, of course, the president and vice president on thursday. let's take a look at the floor here for a moment. >> in a report from fox news, the stage alone at last week's republican convention cost $20 million. the democrats have spent $7 million here at the time warner cable arena where the speakers are going to be surrounded on three sides by the audience. also different from the republican production, the democratic convention has multiple official sites. we'll be taking you to the time warner cable arena and the bank of america stadium. take a look outside of the stadium. activists are planning for bigger protests here than we saw during the republican convent

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> is a few minutes past 1:00 a.m. eastern time on thursday morning. the democrats have just finished the two of their convention. c-span is with it till the bitter end. the roll-call is always a tradition. in convention proceedings to read now we have a half an hour to get your reaction. on twitter, there has been a lot of commentary about president clinton opposes peace. our phone lines will be open. you can see the numbers on the bottom of the screen beneath me. we will also talk to a few delegates. the hall as clearing out pretty quickly. let's start there while we are waiting for your calls. >> it ended in wyoming so we will begin with some of the delegates. some of your first time delegates to the convention. let me go back to the speeches. what stood out tonight? >> president clinton. i thought he explain briefly the choice facing the nation between going back to the policies that got us into an historic level mess when president obama took over and the things we need to

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> in four weeks, the first of the presidential debates here watch and in age. >>, actress kathleen turner on women's health and reproductive rights. then a discussion about college students cheating. and then, another chance to see a debate on student athletes and higher education. >> on oakwood newsmakers" john larsen, chairman of the democratic crisicaucus. he looks at paul ryan as the gop vice-presidential candidate. sunday 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> actress kathleen turner serves as the chairman of planned parenthood board of advocates point she spoke thursday about women's health issues and reproductive rights at the national press club. this is one hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. my name is theresa werner and i am the 105th president of the national press club. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists, committed to our profession's future through our programming and events such as this while

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> president obama made a campaign stop in nevada last night. president told the crowd that he will bring the culprits to justice in libya. this is 40 minutes. [cheers and applause][cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much. could everybody please give a great round of applause for the wonderful introduction? [applause] i also want to say, it is good to see your once and next congresswoman. [applause] and it is so good to see all of you. i love you back. thank you. i want to begin -- [chanting "four more years"] thank you. i want to begin tonight by just saying a few words about a tough day that we had today. we -- we lost four americans last night who were killed when they were attacked at a diplomatic post in libya. they were serving overseas on our behalf, despite the dangers, despite the risks, to help one of the world's youngest democracies get on its feet. they were working for the values that we hold dear as americans, and as america

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corpbrad paisley] [playing "old alabama" by brad paisley] ♪ ♪ [playing "life is a highway" as performed by rascal flatts] >> more coverage batonight. piquancy that about 1045 eastern here on c-span. the congressional black caucus is holding its adjusted the caucus. here is a live look for the keynote speech will be given shortly by first lady michelle obama. we will have live on the starts in about 10 minutes. mitt romney and his wife found their 2010 tax returns yesterday. he paid a 14.1% tax rate. here is more about that. we will watch as much as we can tell our live coverage of michelle obama. >> this morning dealt with the release of tax and information from the ronnie's campaign. 13.7 coming in a combined income, giving it a 14.7 tax rate. 2.2 $5 million to charity deductions claimed it. $3.5 billion earned from warren -- it foreign countries. a $3,000 paid in foreign tax. $1.3 million paid in state income tax. if you go to politico's website, there is a story there saying that mitt r

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> kentucky congressman ed whitfield on accusations that the president is engaged on a so-called war on coal. and a recent article profiles the new consumer protection bureau and talk to the the editn chief. "washington journal" begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c- span. a pro-democracy leader says there will need help from the united states as the move towards a democracy. the obama administration has said it is considering using sanctions against myanmar, also known as burma. this is one hour and 15 minutes. >> well, welcome to all of you. this is my first official of bent as the new president. what a thrill, frankly, to be here with you. her first visit to the united states in 20 years. no. a 40 years. and she chose to come to the institute for her first public address. we have wonderful partners in the society. and the blue moon a society. we have a great relationship with the state department of secretary clinton today. a number of her colleagues are here. kurt