andrew cuomo, rob astorino, howie hawkins, and michael mcdermott. this hour-long debate comes courtesy of wned tv. buffalo, new york, it is election 14, the race for governor. sponsored by the buffalo news and wned wbfo. features rob , howieo, andrew cuomo hawkins, and michael mcdermott. for eyesrt comes from resigne and. we are proud to support this broadcast of the 2013 -- 2014 gubernatorial debate. >> from the wned wbfo studios, here is brian meyer. [applause] >> thank you and welcome to all of you watching and listening across new york state. we will learn more about four candidates for governor who are seeking your vote on election day. let's meet the candidates during republican rob astorino is serving as westchester county executive. democrat andrew cuomo became governor in 2011. he is running on the and tendons, working at the independents, working families, and equality lines. hawkins is aie syracuse resident and longtime activist. the rich. party candidate michael mcdermott is a former real estate developer. he ran for congress in 2012. ge

it is another vote for rob astorino. let's just say what it is. i think what it is is that women are equal, they should have their own choice, and the government does not have a right __ >> mr. astorino, you have one minute. >> shame on mr. cuomo on playing the race card all night, disrespecting women by supporting shall be silver was used __ shebly was used half $1 million to cover up. he signed off on the hush money, silencing women. where was the women's justice there? on abortion, abortion is not going anywhere. it was made legal way before roe v wade. he doesn't have to talk about why he is under federal investigation for corruption, that is why he talks about that kind of stuff. i will not expand abortion in the state, which is exactly what andrew cuomo's bill will do. and allow non_doctors to perform those risky surgeries. if you want to talk about abortion, let's get the facts out about how radical you really are and out of step with new york. >> one gonzales has a question for mr. hawkins. >> mr. hawkins, public school closings have sparke

david: romney to the rescue, as chris christie leaves rob astorino out to dry. former republican presidential nominee calls andrew cuomo, quote, a typical corrupt new york politician. to rob astorino now on this last minute push by romney, whether it's an attempt to fix chris christie's mistakes, we reached out to governor cuomo's office but yet to hear back. good to see you. >> good to see you, dave. david: you are running against governor cuomo, governor cuomo has a 23-1 advantage over you financially. that's a lot more money. now governor christie from new jersey because he's head of the governor's association has a purse that he could offer you money from. he hasn't offered you that money, has he? >> he hasn't. he's driven through new york many times to go to connecticut, risen money for new yorkers. david: why not? >> you'd have to ask governor christy. he made an awful statement in the summer that we were a lost cause. how do you make that statement in the summer when you have plenty of time? governor cuomo under federal investigation by corruption charges

republican rob astorino is let's meet the candidates. republican rob astorino is serving as westchester county executive. democrat andrew cuomo became governor in 2011. he is running on the and tendons, working at the independents, working families, and equality lines. howie hawkins is a syracuse resident and longtime activist. the rich. party candidate michael mcdermott is a former real estate developer. he ran for congress in 2012. gentlemen, welcome. the candidates will be taking questions from our panelists. they will also answer video questions submitted from voters. here are the rules. each candidate will have one minute to make an opening statement. questions will alternate and each candidate will have one minute to answer. a bell will ring when the time has expired. follow-up questions will be limited given time constraints. video questions submitted by voters will be submitted to all candidates who each have 30 seconds to respond. at the end of the question and answer period, each candidate will have one minute to make a closing

. >> this is a miss for democratic governor andrew cuomo who refused to debate rob astorino on televisionted that two other minor candidates be involved. oh, yeah, and the debate had to be held during world series game number two. how's that for a political profile encourage. >> matthew? >> paul, michigan governor rick snyder has done a good job of restoring investor confidence here in the state, but he gets a miss this week for signing a bill that would make it virtually impossible for any car companies especially tesla to sell directly to customers here. he's basically bowing to the lobby of car dealerships which is very powerful in his state. and one victory for the middle man here. >> yeah. loser for consumers. dan? >> we have talked on this program before about these occasional national pickets against mcdonald's. they want to raise the national wage. a 5% drop in its revenue across the globe. so franchisers are saying we've got to do something like this. what they think they're going to do about it is go to automation. a myiss to the minimum wage. because the only ones taking that m

another green party candidate, howie hawkins, running for new york governor against andrew cuomo, rob astorinod michael mcdermott. hawkins is a number of green candidates running for office across the country on tuesday. >> we welcome you to democracy now! talk about your platform. we were just speaking with the green party mayor of richmond, california. >> we call it a green new deal for new york. it involves five basic economic human rights that have been on the table since the mid-1930's. calling for second economic to live right in the civil rights movement brought it up between the march on washington in the poor people's campaign. wage, affordable housing, health care, and a good education. we call it the green new deal because the centerpiece of our program is to fight climate change by banning fracking and committing to 100% clean energy by 2030. we think that addresses the problems we face in the state. we are the state with the most unequal distribution of income of any state in the united states. we the most segregated by both race and clouds -- class in housing and schools. >> i wa

>> can we trust ultraconservative rob astorino?hen he ran for westchester county executive, he promised to cut property taxes 20%. then he broke his word and be towed a property tax cut. reno, westchester has the highest property taxes not only in new york but in the nation. the highest property taxes in the nation. if you cannot trust him to manage property taxes in westchester, you could never trust him as governor. >> governor is supposed to represent all the people, but andrew cuomo only represents elitist liberals in the city. he does not care about you. that's why cuomo forced extreme gun control. popular rifles, magazines, and violated the privacy of law-abiding gun owners. constitutionalok freedoms away from you. take the governor's office away from him. >> trust is everything to me. that is why for all we have accomplished to fix state government, our job is not done until we have cleaned up the legislative corruption in albany, so i am appointing a new independent commission, led by top law enforcement officials from all

. >> can we trust offer conservative rob astorino? when he ran for candy executive he promised to cut taxes 20%, then broke his word. orino haser under astro the highest property taxes in the nation. if you can't trust him to manage taxes in westchester, you could never trust him for governor. >> a governor is supposed to represent all the people, but andrew cuomo only represents a lead us liberals in the city. he does not care about you. that is why cuomo forced extreme gun control, banned rifles, magazines, and violated privacy of law-abiding gun owners. andrew cuomo took constitutional freedoms away from you. take the governor's office away from him. >> trust is everything to me. that's why for all we have a published to fix state government, the job is not done until we have cleaned up legislative corruption in albany. i appointed an independent commission led by law enforcement officials from all across this great state to investigate and prosecute wrongdoing. the politicians in albany will not like it. but i work for the people,

>> can we trust rob astorino? cut propertyo taxes 20% and then he broke his word.e vetoed a property tax god. but in the nation. taxes in st property the nation. if you cannot trust him to menace taxes in westchester, you can never trust him as governor. >> the governor's poster represent all the people, but andrew cuomo only represents elitist liberals in the city. cuomo does not care about you. his arrogance would wipe upstate off the map. that is why cuomo forced extreme gun control. uganda magazines, and violated the privacy of law-abiding gun owners. take the governor's office away from him.

. >>> finally in new york, rob astorino is way behind governor cuomo. so he has placed one of the most famous attack ads in history. >> ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. >> these are the stakes. do we reelect a governor who may end up in jail? >> now, for an attack ad to work it usually has to be believable. i'm not sure you can find anyone who believes the cuomo indictment if it happens would be as big and frightening as an nuclear explosion. >> we remember when the ads were just about the candidates. now it seems that all of them are about this guy, this woman, she does that. >> over the top. >> it's all about the entertainment factor as well. thank you so much. >>> let's go to other news around america. maria ines ferre is those stories. >> reporter: a rhode island girl died from virus 668 an unusual illness making children sick all over the country. the 10-year-old girl died from a rare combination of the virus and a staph infection. it's not clear how the child got sick. >> there was a d.t. of a ten-year-old child from cumb

same thing with stop, corporate nothing to do with stopping common core the another vote for rob astorino. we've got to get away from these tricks. say what it is. what it is that women are equal to they should have their own choice, decide what they want for the on parties and the government does not have right to decide for them. astorino: shame on governor cuomo for playing the race card including tonight. disrespecting women by supporting shelly silver, shelly silver used a half million dollars in state money as a hush money, cover-up for sexual assault in the assembly, and as attorney general andrew cuomo signed up and defended silver's right to do that. he signed off on a hush money silencing women. where was the women's justice there? on abortion, come on, abortion is not going anywhere in new york. it was made legal way before roe v. wade. abortion issues as the bogeyman's we just have to talk about how bad this state is doing or why is under federal investigation for corruption. that's what he talks about that kind of stuff. and yes abortion, i will not expand abortion in this st

trust ultra conservative rob astorino? when he ran for westchester executive he promised to cut property taxes 20%. his word and vetoed a property tax cut. astorino, westchester has the highest property taxes not only in new york but in the nation. highest property taxes in the nation. if you can't trust him to manage in westchester, you could never trust him as governor. governor is supposed to represent all the people. representscuomo only elitist liberals in the city. cuomo doesn't care about you. his arrogance would wipe upstate off the map. extremehy cuomo forced gun control, cuomo banned rifles, banned magazines and violated the privacy of law abiding gun owners. quoam e took constitutional away from you. take the governors office away from him. >> trust is everything to me. that's why all we've accomplished to fix state government, our job is not done until we've cleaned up the legislative corruption in albany. i am appointing a new independent commission led by top law enforcement officials all across this great sta

. >> can we trust rob astorino? propertyed to cut taxes 20%. then, he broke his word. he food toda property tax cut. westchester has the highest property taxes not only in new york but in the nation, the highest property taxes in the nation. if you cannot trust him to manage taxes and westchester, you can never trust him as governor. >> the governor is supposed to butesent all the people, andrew cuomo only represents a liberals in the city. he does not care about you, he was off the map. he violated the privacy of law-abiding owners. take the governor's office away from him. is everything to me. that is why for all we have a compass to fix state government, our job is not done until we clean up the legislative corruption in albany. i'm appointing a new commission led by top law enforcement officials to investigate and prosecute wrongdoing. the politicians will not like it but i work for the people and i will not stop fighting until we all have a government that we can trust. >> guess what state ranks dead last in economic output? new york. has the highest property taxe

at 9, the new york governor's debate with governor andrew cuomo, rob astorino, howie hawkins and michael mcdermott. and then at 10 shall the new hampshire senate debate between senator jean shah heap and scott brown. at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2, the new hampshire governor's debate between governor magon hassan and walt havenstei net. . see. thank you especially secretary hagel for joining us. let's start off with one bit of this. there is some ebola order today, tell us what the significance is. >> what i signed this morning was a memorandum to the chairman of joint chiefs of staff in response to the memorandum of recommendation i received from the chairman and the chiefs yesterday to go forward with a policy of essentially 21 day incubation for our men and women who would be returning from west africa. that policy was put in place by the chief of staff of the army a couple of days ago for general williams, and 10 of his associates who are now back at their base in italy. and what i said in response this morning was, give me within 15 days the operational specifics of how that would wor

>> do we trust ultraconservative rob astorino? he promised to cut property taxes by 20%.hen he broke his word. he broke the property tax cut. westchester has the highest property tax not only in new york but in the nation. the highest property taxes in the nation. him to managerust taxes in westchester, you could never trust him as governor. >> the governor is supposed to represent all of the people. but andrew cuomo only represents the liberals in the city. he does not care about you. cuomo forced extreme gun control and band popular rifles. he violated the privacy of law-abiding gun owners. took away the constitutional freedoms away from you. take the governor's office away from him. >> trust is everything to me. haveis why for all we accomplished, our state government is not done until we have cleaned up the legislative corruption in albany. so we have got a new independent commission composed of many individuals across this great state to investigate and prosecute wrongdoing. pollock you -- politicians in investigatingtop and i will stop fighting until we have a gover

at nine, the new york governor's debate with governor andrew cuomo, rob astorino, howie hawkins and michaelermott. and then at ten, the new hampshire senate debate between senator jeanne shaheen and scott brown. at 10 p.m. eastern on c-span2, the new hampshire governor's debate. at nine, the oregon governor's debate with governor john kitzhaber and dennis richardson. and at ten, the south dakota senate debate green four candidates. c-span campaign 2014, more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >>> earlier today on "washington journal," we spoke with an iowa reporter on the u.s. senate race in the state. democratic congressman bruce braley and republican challenger joni ernst are in a tight race that recent polling has found to be a toss-up. iowa's open seat comes after five-term democrat tom harkin announced his retirement. here's more now about the race. >> host: want to go now to iowa where jennifer jacobs is joining us on the phone, chief political reporter for "the des moines register" there to talk about thein iowa senate race. another closely-watched race for control of the

republican rob astorino seventy-second term as westchester county executive running on the conservativecore lines. democrat andrew cuomo became governor in 2011. he is running on the independent working families and women of quality lines. green party candidate hollyhock and this ran for governor and the same line in 2010. he is a longtime activist. libertarian party candidate michael mcdermott is a former real-estate broker and developer. ran for congress in 2012. welcome. the candidates will be taking questions from our panelists who you will meet in a moment and will answer video questions submitted from voters. here are the rules for a long time debate. each candidate will have one minute to make an opening statement. questions from our panelists will alternate and each candidate will have one minute to answer. i bell will ring when the time has expired. follow-up questions will be bigoted given time constraints. 8 analyst as a follow-up each candidate will have 30 seconds to answer. video questions submitted by the is will be directed to all candidates who will have thirty-second t