>> catherine, that's a great question and thank you once again for going to oklahoma state university. first of all, i think oklahomans have been concerned about earthquakes and what is causing them. we've had a long history in the state of oklahoma of earthquakes. we have a lot of scientists. we have the u.s. geological survey. we have other experts from our universities, oklahoma state, university of oklahoma, we have industry sector people who are looking at what is the cause of the earthquakes, are they man made are are they just a natural course of maid yure itself. and so the information and determination has been unclear at this point. one thing we do know in the state is we have to make sure that we get the information correct. we've dealt with facts and research. i've started a governor's council that takes the u.s. geological survey and private sectors to join together to gather the facts, data, and information and to make sure we understand whether it is man-made or whether it is caused by something else. the corporation commission has been working with us. they have a syst

. >> oklahoma state university, i'm a professor of political science here. it is my pleasure to moderate the u.s. senate debate. this has been a joint effort between the is league of women voters and oklahoma state university. let's introduce the candidates. and jamesnson lankford. [applause]

>> catherine, that's a great question and thank you once again for going to oklahoma state university. first of all, i think oklahomans have been concerned about earthquakes and what is causing them. we've had a long history in the state of oklahoma of earthquakes. we have a lot of scientists. we have the u.s. geological survey. we have other experts from our universities, oklahoma state, university of oklahoma, we have industry sector people who are looking at what is the cause of the earthquakes, are they man made are are they just a natural course of maid yure itself. and so the information and determination has been unclear at this point. one thing we do know in the state is we have to make sure that we get the information correct. we've dealt with facts and research. i've started a governor's council that takes the u.s. geological survey and private sectors to join together to gather the facts, data, and information and to make sure we understand whether it is man-made or whether it is caused by something else. the corporation commission has been working with us. they have a syst

oklahoma state university, i'm a professor of political science here. it is my pleasure to moderate the u.s. senate debate. this has been a joint effort between the is league of women voters and oklahoma state university. ty. let's introduce the candidates. and jamesnson lankford. [applause] welcome. as you all know, a campaign has a long job interview. we will be approaching this debate as an interview. we have selected a series of questions dealing with the most salient issues of our time and we will hear where the candidates stand. is going to be that each candidate will have two minuss for a remark, two -- two minutes for a closing statement. all of the questions in mind section of the process were selected by me alone. we will take some questions from the students in the audience. we have ushers walking through now reading paper. we asked students write their name in the year they are here at osu. is that willn it review those questions and bring me the top three. with that, let's start with our opening statement. based on the coin toss, the state s

this has been a joint effort between the league of women voters of a, and oklahoma state university. s introduce the candid it's there is democratic state senator connie johnson and republican u.s. representative james lankford. [applause] >> welcome. as you all know, and campaign is very long job interview. as such, we will be approaching this debate as an interview. we selected a series of questions dealing with the most salient issues of our time and will get to here with a canada stand on those key points. the debate and the format of this debate is going to be that each candidate will have two minutes for an up and mark, two minutes for closing statement, and each question they will have 90 seconds-answer the question. all of their questions were selected by me and me alone. however, we will be taking some questions. we have ushers walking through the aisle right now distributing pieces of paper. we ask the right your name and the year year lsu premium the panel that will review those questions. a representative from the college of republicans will review the questions and give m

well, it is time now to hear from oklahoma state university students.anel has reviewed the questions that were submitted by students in the audience. the first question comes from kenneth, a senior. this question is to you, do you support the policy of using drone strikes to cope perspective terrorists, including u.s. citizens? johnson: the policy of using drugs is typical of americans for a policy to date. military solutions, basically conflicts around the world. i think the policies regarding the terms are under review. i do not agree with that use of that technology. i do understand that it has been useful in some settings . but i think there are other ways for us to resolve our differences. and the use of extreme measures like drums ought to be the very last consideration. >> thank you. >> congressman. >> these are difficult issues of a lot of ways. >> so this ongoing conversation. president bush use johnson's of the strikes. uni to have a conversation after this is over, is there a difference between an f-16 launching a missile, between an apache l

i and the professor of political science here at oklahoma state university, and it's my pleasure to moderateof this event is a combined effort of the league of women voters of oklahoma and oklahoma state university. now, let's introduce the candidates -- republican governor mary fallin and democratic state representative joe dorman. [applause] >> each candidates will be asked a series of questions from journalists. rachelel members are hubbard, the associate director 0s radio. and the oklahoman news ok. we need to go over the ground rules. these rules were agreed upon by both candidates. questions from the journalist panel will you delight extracted at both candidates. we ask that the candidates mind the time limits. they will ask questions submitted by osu students from the audience. student ushers are circulating peas paper to write down questions. we ask students name and their year on their question. made up by a representative of the college republicans, college immigrants and league of women voters. become three questions will be asked to the candidates. for people in social media usin

bill raun at oklahoma state university who had been developing a handheld radiometer called a greenseeker. this device can assess nutrient needs in real time and help farmers optimize future nitrogen applications. the instrument calculates total average biomass and the amount of chlorophyll in the leaves, data linked to the overall health of the plants. armed with these real-time measurements ortiz-monasterio helped develop a management strategy for nitrogen enrichment. on each plot, the first step is to establish a nitrogen-rich strip, a few hectares that have enough extra nitrogen applied to guarantee maximum crop yields. the nitrogen-rich strip has to represent a level of nitrogen that doesn't have any nitrogen deficiency. that's going to be our reference. once we have the nitrogen strip well established around 45 days after planting, we come along with the sensor, and we take the readings in the n-rich strip, and then we take the readings in the rest of the plot. narrator: the readings are called in to a researcher, who calculates how much additional nitrogen fertilizer the farmer mus

also like to think the partnership of oeta tv, believed to be league of women voters and oklahoma state universityfor putting on this debate. it was a good debate. be sure to vote on november 4. goodnight. [applause] here's a look at some of the campaign ads that are airing in oklahoma in connection with the governor's race. >> i'm joe dorman. my mom lives close by. here i learned to stretch every dollar to support the second amendment and value my public education. >> as governor i will improve schools by taking franchise tax revenue out of the hands of legislators and using all of those funds for classroom instructions no tax increase. i am joe dorman and i will be a responsible program and proven education governor. >> the last four years have challenged us in ways we never imagined that we have come through stronger, tougher and better. under the leadership of governor mary fallin oklahoma changed for the better. she made the economy her top priority and today we are the leader in job growth attracting business opportunity. she promised to make the government smaller, more efficient and she ha

bill raun at oklahoma state university, who had been developing a handheld radiometer called a greenseeker first step is to establish a nitrogen-rich strip, a few hectares that have enough extra nitrogen applied to guarantee maximum crop yields. the nitrogen-rich strip has to represent a level of nitrogen that doesn't have any nitrogen deficiency. that's going to be our reference. once we have the nitrogen strip well established, around 45 days after planting, we come along with the sensor, and we take the readings in the n-rich strip, and then we take the readings in the rest of the plot. narrator: the readings are called in to a researcher, who calculates how much additional nitrogen fertilizer the farmer must apply so this particular field can obtain the same yield as the n-rich control strip. much to the surprise of some of the farmers, the calculations often show that the plot requires little or no additional nitrogen in this second application to achieve maximum yields. these techniques will not only reduce the environmental impact of excess fertilizer but will also save the farmers

[applause] [inaudible conversations] here's a look at the debate courtesy of oklahoma state university. >> moderator: in light of recent natural disasters how did each of you plan on updating emergency plans for oklahoma's public school system? fallin: that's a great question. we certainly want to make sure that all facilities in the state of oklahoma but especially public schools are safe. i just recently this week received the nra endorsement which i'm very proud of. them's the support of the second amendment in the state of oklahoma and certainly not to make sure we do everything we can to create safe rooms are safe facilities at our schools. that is why propose school districts to look at their local needs to be able to decide if they need to enhance their school safety facilities and to be able to make those decisions, what they need to do in the schools. that's something that's very important. i certainly work with our highway patrol, our homeland security making sure we keep the public aware of any potential threats. we certainly had a very tragic episode that happened in the st

two more governors debate -- the oklahoma governor debating her democratic challenger at oklahoma state university. that's here on c-span at 8:00 eastern. tomorrow at 8:00 on c-span3, a debate from the nebraska governor's race. the democrat is debating governor pete ricketts. inlet can, nebraska, here's a look at some of the ads in that ,overnor's race -- in lincoln nebraska. >> all across our state, i see people facing the same tough challenges. a brascan's just want a fair shot, and that's why i'm running for governor. i stood up for farmers and ranchers. governor, i will invest by training nebraska workers for good-paying jobs. i'm running for governor because when nebraskans work together, we succeed. >> typical politicians are at it again -- they are losing, so they are falsely attacking pete ricketts, but heat is staying positive. nebraska businessman, endorsed by sarah palin with a plan to cut property taxes. >> typical politicians do not get it. i'm heat ricketts. when i started with a family business, we had 150 people working in omaha, and now this more than 2000. i know how to create jo

oklahoma state university. that's live on the companion networks. also at 8:00, a debate from the governor's race. here's a look at some of the ads in that nebraska race. >> all across our state, i see people facing the same tough challenges. nebraska just wants a fair shot. >> i stood up for family farmers and ranchers and we held 10,000 small businesses and secured businesses. as governor, i will invest. by expanding early childhood education. >> they are falsely attacking pete. he is staying positive. a nebraska businessman endorsed by sarah palin with the plan to cut property taxes. >> pip cal 308ticians don't give that. i started with a family business. we had 100 people working in omaha. i know how to create jobs, set priorities and produce results. that's what i will do as governor. >> rickets is making false attacks. he tried to avoid paying his own taxes. rickets would lower taxes for corporations like the owned by him and his family. higher taxes for us, but lower taxes for rich people like him. nebraska needs a governor who fights for the

state and we must provide opportunities for the students to become doctors. david summed it up perfectly when he became the president of the university of oklahoma we had a scenebout 50% of the state funds going to education through covering the cost for students to be in school. when it became the president was up 33%. today it is in the teens teens and a specialty program is 7%. that is unacceptable. >> on a number of measures of public health including the preventable hospitalizations, drug overdose death, obesity, violent crime in the children in poverty hundreds of thousands of people lack medical coverage. what would you do to help with this? >> that is a very good question. first of all health is very important to the future because if we do not have a healthy workforce when we don't have healthy families that hurt oklahoma. there hurts our prosperity as a state. launch the comprehensive statewide health improvement plan and i'm happy to report oklahoma is in perfect health rankings in many different areas we reduced the amount of stock they could smoking and reduced children that have died, child mortality. we also worked very hard to focus on obesity.

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mary fallon debates joe dornan at oklahoma state university in stillwater live on our companion network c-span at 8:00 eastern. on c-span2 at 8:00, democrat chuck hassellbrook and republican pete ricketts face off in lincoln, nebraska. here's a look at some of the ads in that nebraska race. >> you know, all across our state, i see people facing the same tough challenges. nebraskans just want a fair shot, and that's why i'm running for governor. i stood up the for family farmers and ranchers and we helped 10,000 small businesses and secured tuition assistance for young nebraskans. as governor i'll invest in our future by expanding early childhood education and training nebraska workers for good paying jobs. i'm running for governor because when nebraskans work together, we succeed. >> typical politicians are at it again. they're losing. so they're falsely attacking pete ricketts, but pete, he's staying positive, a proud nebraska business man endorsed by sarah palin with a plan to cut property taxes. >> typical politicians don't get it. i'm pete ricketts. when i started with the family bu

between incumbent republican mary fallin and joe dorman, her democratic challenge kerr, at oklahoma state universitydates are alums. here's some of the candidate ads running in that race. >> i'm joe dorr match, and my hometown my mom livers close by. we talk every day. here i learned to stretch every dollar, to support the second amendment and to value my public education. >> joe dorman -- >> as governor i'll improve schools by taking franchise tax revenue out of the hands of legislators and using all of those funds for classroom instruction. no exceptions and no tax increase. i'm joe dorman. i'll be a fiscally responsible, pro-gun, pro-education governor. >> the last four years have challenged us in ways we never imagined. we've come through stronger, tougher, better. under the leadership of governor mary fallin, oklahoma has changed for the better. she made the economy her top priority, and today we are the leader in job growth, at attracting new business and opportunity. she promised to make government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and she has, closing a half a billion dollar budget shortfall

state university. butterfly farms on oklahoma tribal lands and an iron man suit under development at the didn't of defense. these expenses are all part of oklahoma senator's tom coburn's annual ranking book the top 100 worst examples of government waste including out-of-this-world spending on research projects designed by grade school students to be is sent to the international space station. plus -- >> laughing classes. we're peaing people to teach people how to laugh. there's a lot of serious problems in this country. maybe the reason the people aren't laughing is because the government is so incept. >> coburn heeas bn producing the book for five years. he said it's making a difference. >> we should be ashamed the. if we're watching and hold people accountable, we'll get better pay. >> the rest was approved by individual agencies. it all adds up to $25 billion at a time charlie, when our national debt sits at $17 trillion. >> thank you, nancy. >>> automakers say close to 8 million cars could have deektive air bags. that's double the original number. it can send shrapnel at drivers or passengers if they

the university of oklahoma partnering with the history channel offering united states 1865 to present-week course will have lectures and content. this is part of a growing trend of free or discounted courses available online. interesting. >> you can get credit for junior high for watching "early start." >> this is true. >> seventh grade language arts. we can write you a slip. >> john berman is a lot like a seventh grader. >> i'm a lot younger than you. "early start" continues right now. >>> happening now. a tense standoff with a nurse returned from treating ebola patients in west africa and the state of maine. kaci hickox refusing to follow a mandatory quarantine as police gathered around her house. what she said overnight. >>> new information that high profile terrorists targeted by u.s. air strikes in syria have survived and could be actively plotting against the united states. >>> the san francisco giants on top again winning their third world series in five years. how

universities to enroll and graduate more disadvantaged students. and they follow similar moves around the country. tulsa, oklahoma and the statennessee, for example, are providing free tuition at community colleges with the hope of raising low graduation rates. among top tier schools, several have policies guaranteeing lower-income families don't have to pay for college. still, disadvantaged students remain poorly represented on many elite campuses. here to tell us more about these initiatives are robert zimmer, president of the university of chicago, and cheryl higmhan. cheryl, do you first, why is that necessary? what's the problem preventing more student from attending college? >> it is extremely necessary because we want to make sure all chicagoans have a chance to succeed. we want to make sure that we shift the paradigm of community colleges from those being solely focused on access to those that are coupled with access and success. now, what does success mean? success means that all of our student graduate with a credential of economic value which mary emarnld and i addressed in 2011 when we announced college to years, b