our guest has been neil barofsky former inspector general in charge of oversight of t.a.r.p. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> for dvd copy of this program, call 18(777)662-7726 for for free transcripts visit us at q&a.org. >> the first of the presidential debates wednesday october 3 live on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. watch and engage. next australian prime minster julia gillard takes questions. tomorrow on washington journal, bloomberg news reporter jonathan looks at the presidential candidate fundraising and costs. trinity university professor david lesh talk about his book "syrian." and gary angle from the government accountability office will look at treasury action to avoid hitting the debt ceiling. former virginia governor tim kaine and former senator george allen faced each other thursday night in one of four scheduled senate debates. the political reporter rates this race a toss up. >> the standarder barrier, he said 47% of americans are too dependent on government and they see themselves as victims. >> do you share that vision of america and what specif

our guest has been neil barofsky former inspector general in charge of oversight of t.a.r.p. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> for dvd copy of this program, call 18(777)662-7726 for free transcripts visit us at q&a.org. [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 --

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i guess has been neil barofsky, former inspector general in charge of oversight of tarp. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> for a dvd copy of this program -- >> c. the first of the presidential debates wednesday, october 3, live on c-span, c- span radio, and c-span.org. watch and engaged. next, live, your calls and comments on "washington journal." then live at 2:30 p.m., a panel discussion on the economy and jobs featuring economic advisers from the presidential campaigns. and tonight at 8:00 p.m., a debate between the candidates for the u.s. senate seat in virginia. >> trying to encourage developers to think about what information they truly need to make me app function. if you are playing the game, but -- do they need to collect precise giglio location of formation track the consumer, can abrogate the consumer as she passes to the world of the entire day and for all days? what information is really needed to make the app functional, who else should see it -- in other words, should act as beloved? how long do you need to retain it, and when you are done, what would y

inspector general neil barofsky. tomorrow mexican presidential philippe calderon discuss u.s. and mexican relation. live coverage begins 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. missouri senator claire mccaskill and congressman todd akin participated in a televised debate friday. they rate this race as likely democratic. also participating in the debate, third party libertarian candidate jonathan dine. this one hour debate is hosted by the missouri press association. >> thank you phil and welcome again to the missouri press association debates. let me introduce to you today our candidates, we have to my left, republican congressman todd akin. in the middle, democratic senator claire mccaskill. at the end, libertarian candidate jonathan dine. let me also introduce to you today our panel of journalist who will be joining me and asking questions today of the candidates. we have a student at the university of missouri, we have bill miller of the washington missourian and jeff fox of the independent examiner. now let me briefly go over the rules of our debate today. the candidates drew numbe

. >> neil barofsky worked to undercover fraud and abuse in the tarp bailout process.unday night on "q &a." >> i attribute to me wanting to get more involved with politics by watching information on c- span. i love the information. i love the current events. i love the hot topics, things that come up. i loved pulling it up on my mobile device. >> thaihevia browder watches c- span. brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> congressional democrats held a briefing outside of the capital today. the called on republicans to keep the house in session in order to pass the farm bill, the violence against women act, and an extension of mush. tax cuts for those making less than $250,000 a year. -- bush tax cuts for those making less than $250,000 a year. >> good morning. as you can see, but democrats are standing proudly on the steps of the capital saying that we must stay here until we take action to help the american people. we are prepared to stay in session to pass president obama's jobs bill that can create more than 1 million new jobs and immediate

next, richard cordray, and after that, "q & a" with neil barofsky.orrow the economy and jobs are the focus of the panel featuring economic advisors from presidential campaigns. jeffrey leiberman speaks for the obama campaign. watch it live 2:30 eastern on c-span. >> today millions of students are paying less for college because we finally took on a system that wastes billions of taxpayer dollars. removing banks and middlemen, we said let's give this directly to ser advance, and we have been able to help young people in education. >> we have got to make sure that our workers have the skills they need for today and that our kids are getting an education that will allow them to compete tomorrow. that means it is time for us to put the kids and their parents and the teachers first, and the teachers union behind. its interests are very different. >> the first debate between presidential candidates mitt romney and barack obama is less than two weeks away. wednesday, october 3, news hour's matt lauer moderates. watch and engage including our debate at 9:00,

. >> neil barofsky work to uncover fraud and abuse in the $700 billion a t.a.r.p. bailout program. more from his book "bailout" sunday night at 8:00 on suspense q&a. >> and senate confirmation hearing, the nominee to be u.s. ambassador to iraq today expressed confidence in his ability to keep american diplomatic personnel safe in that country. anti-american protests continue in the arab capital. robert stephen beecroft has been working as a diplomat in iraq sense to a dozen 11 and currently heads the u.s. embassy in baghdad. this hearing of the senate foreign relations committee his an hour and 15 minutes. [background noises] >> thank you all. i apologize to everybody that we are running a little bit late, even though it does not appear as though a lot is happening around here. there is a lot going on. i'm sorry for the process. i want to thank everybody for coming. i'm very, very pleased to welcome robert stephen beecroft, a career service officer and nominated by president obama to be our ambassador to iraq. i think all this on the committee you're pleased the president has nomin

. >> neil barofsky's book ."ailout" on c-span's "q&a >> it is said the attack in libya was an opportunistic terror attack and not substantially planned in advance. the comments came during the senate homeland's security and governmental affairs committee governmental hearing. homeland security secretary and fbi associate director also testified. this is an hour and 50 minutes. >> the hearing will come to order. good morning to all. this is our annual, our committee's annual home lapd threat assessment hearing -- homeland threat assessment hearing. i want to welcome back janet napolitano, secretary of department of homeland security, and matt olsen, and the associate deputy director, kevin perkins, who is standing in for director bob mueller today. the director had to undergo unexpected surgery resulting from complications associated with recent dental treatment. he's unable to join us today. but we welcome mr. perkins in his stead. we with confidence we extend best regards to the director for a speedy recovery. t

. >> neil barofsky worked to uncover fraud. more sunday night at 8 on c-span's "q&a." >> live to the floor of the u.s. senate. lawmakers continue to work on the temporary spending bill for funding government operations past december 1 #st. they'll vote on a motion to move on to the measure. majority leader reid hopes to reach an agreement to avoid weekend sessions. now live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. today's opening prayer will be offered by reverend dr. douglas gerdts, senior pastor of the first and central presbyterian church in wilmington, delaware. the guest chaplain: would you pray with me, please. holy god little can be said that doesn't add to the cacophony of prayer that arises from humanity. surely from this august chamber the volume and intensity is at times deafening. yet these, o god, are servants of the people and of you. and so, like solomon we pray, "here's what we want: give us a god-listening heart so we can lead your people well, discernin

. >> neil barofsky's book, "bailout." sunday night at 8:00 on "q&a". just over an hour.s is >> board members. i am pleased you all came out tonight. this important session, a hearing from the marine corps, particularly on a stormy night. we do not just have stormy weather these days. we have a storm a situation in the world. we are dealing with situations in afghanistan. we are dealing with marines that were dispatched very quickly. we all know we are facing a huge storm here at home. with a continuing resolution. strait jacket that will be put on the defense part of it. there is no adjective you can say that is to superlative to say how bad this will be. it is former secretary gates who outlined it yesterday and i talked he gave on the subject. we are in stormy times. it is good we have a leader who is part of the atlantic capitol's commanders series here tonight. the commander series here at the bennett council brings together these leaders to discuss the issues of the day. we have heard from a great air force leader who just recently left his chief