in congress steve daines is fighting to increase access to public lands and past bipartisan legislation to protect pristine areas around place here national park. steve daines defending our montano way of life and in getting results speak. >> up next, a forum on the obama administration's isis strategy. they talked about successes and failures in the region and macy's it -- suggestions for how best to pursue the campaign in the future. this event last friday. >> could afternoon. thank you for being here. welcome to the hudson institute. we welcome our c-span audience as well. my name is lee smith, senior fellow here. i will be moderating this afternoon's panel.

. >> moderator: also with us, we have steve daines. steve was raised in the area and also a product of the montana school system. we worked for proctor and gamble and worked in his family's construction company and was selected as vice president for right now. he was elected to the house in 2012. steve and his wife have four children. it is great to see you tonight. >> daines: i appreciate it. >> moderator: we have mike denison on the panel tonight. for the past nine years, mike has worked for the newspaper state bureau but has been covering state house and government issues for 20 years. big welcome to mike. good to see you tonight, mike. also we have with us the news director of yellowstone public radio who has been covering state and local politics for 20 years. good to see you tonight and i know you have a bunch of good questions. >> moderator: and last but not least and sanjay. those are our panelist tonight. thank you very much. [applause] >> moderator: all right. that is enough of the applause. i have the first question as the mo

senate debate with representative steve daines and amanda curtis. tuesday night at 9:00 on c-span, the governor's debate between shaheen,ey, vincent tom irvine, steve french, and morgan reeves. and thursday night, the fourth district debate between stephen -- jim mower.r >> in delaware, chris coons is running for election for his first full term. he won a special election four years ago. he is republican kevin wade. as solidly rated democratic. here is a look at the debate from last week. they debated for about one hour.

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senate debate with republican steve daines and democrat amanda curtis. tuesday night, the south carolina governors debate between five candidates. thursday night at 8:00 eastern, the iowa fourth district of it between u.s. representative stephen king and democrat jim mowrer. >> c-span's money 15 students can competition is underway. for middle andn high school students will award 150 prizes totaling $100,000. create a 5-7-minute documentary. videos need to include c-span programming, showed varying points of view, and must be submitted by january 20, 2015. go to studentcam.org for more

also at 8:00, the senate debate between steve daines and amanda curtis. recent polling has this race somewhat republican. that debate is live at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span [applause] 2. the louisiana senate debate was held last week between mary landrieu and bill cassidy and rob maness. here's a look at that debate. >> i do believe our climate is changing and i do believe it contributes. however, we have to be very careful about the policy that we promote. i am a strong supporter of fossil fuels. natural gas particularly because it is a 50% cleaner burning fuel. we have 200 years of it. america could do itself a great service and great security by promoting more domestic energy exploration production. i have been a strong supporter. i opened up 8 million new acres

talk about having a special deal. >> moderator: steve. dainese most important thing to do know is grow the economy. as ichat with citizens across montana, they want to see better paying jobs, more good high-paying jobs and less government. nearly 50% of the graduates from university system are either underemployed or unemployed. that is when the biggest challenges we face and why when you talk to montanans what this is they don't want to travel out of state to visit the grand kids. i want to see opportunities for their children so they can stay in montana, and to get our children here, raised in here and then we export them because there aren't enough good high paying jobs in montana time for my question from the mike dennison. >> good evening, congressman daines. you say abortion should be illegal in those cases. i believe you also oppose government funding for planned parenthood want and clinics that provide some service for vote income men and women. why are these goals good for montana? why are they the right thing to do? daines: it's import

emma amanda curtis is facing republican congressman steve daines. dropped outhn walsh of the race due to allegations of plagiarism. listed as solid republican. this is about an hour. the montana television network, in partnership with montana pbs, this is campaign 2014, the senate debate. made possible thanks to support from the greater montana foundation. the greater montana foundation, founded by montana broadcasting communicationorts on values of importance to all montana. towe welcome you tonight debate night here on the montana television network. we welcome you here to the campus of msu billings. we present the only televised debate for the montana u.s. senate campaign here in 2014. i am your moderator for the evening. we want to welcome our live audience tonight, along with the people tuning in, and the stationtelevision networks across montana. we are going nationwide on c-span 2, so a big welcome to folks watching across the country. people are also listening in on statewide radio. we are on yellowstone public radio, along with statewide, w

senate debate with republican steve daines and democrat amanda kurtis. tuesday night at 9:00 the south carolina governors debate between five candidates. governor nicki haley, vincent shaheen, independent tom ervin, independent steve french, and independent morgan reeves. thursday night live at 8:00 iowa debate between republican steve can king and democrat jim mowrer. c-span debate 2014. more than 100 te baits -- debates for the control of congress. >> each week american history tv sits in on a leckclur with a college professor. you can watch the classes every saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern. next mercer university professor chester fontenot talks about booker t. washington's early years at tuscaloosa university and looks at his platform which encouraged african-americans to create their own economic base. while he established many institutions such as the national negro business league he also had opposition to his ideas both during his lifetime and since. professor fontenot compares the ideas and tactics of booker t. washington and m

senate debate with republican steve daines and democrat amanda curtis. tuesday night at 9:00 on c-span. the south carolina governor's debate between five candidates. governor nikki haley, independent tom urban, steve french, and morgan bruce reed. thursday night, live it 8:00 eastern, the i will fourth district debate between stephen king and democrat jim mauer. c-span campaign 2014, more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >> american history tv travel to the library of congress in washington dc which was established in the year 2000 and a philanthropist. the center welcomes over 100 scholars every year to pursue their research at one of the worlds largest libraries. we speak with one of their 2014 fellows. on americans history tv is kevin kim, senior lecturer in history at vanderbilt university. what can you tell us about the book you are writing? that is mainly a political and intellectual history of the cold war from the perspective of henry wallace and herbert hoover. worldsking title is unseen, henry wallace, herbert hoover, and the rise o

senate debates between democrat amanda curtis and republicans steve daines. we are live with yellowstone public radio and c-span2. i will ask about your ads. amanda, we finally saw one of your ads saying we need one of us in the senate. i have talked to people that say we need people a lot smarter than us. [laughter] are you suggesting we need to dumb down the senate or maybe you have explaining to do? >> that is such an interesting perspective. thank you for that. when our founding fathers wrote our founding documents they did not ever intend for corporations to be running the show here. they intended for teachers, e electricians, and plumbers to be doing the process. maybe people don't think they are smart enough or have the right background and the reason i stepped up to the plate is to prove you don't have to be a silver spoon, career politician to represent working families and that the best person to represent workers in this state is one of us. >> getting to your experience, amanda, do you think you have the experience to represent the senate with one

. >> also with us, we have steve daines. steve was raised in bozeman, and also a product of the montana school system. we worked for proctor & gamble and worked in his family's construction company and was selected as vice president for right now. he was elected to the u.s. house in 2012. steve and his wife have four children. it is great to see you tonight. >> i appreciate it. >> we have mike denison on the panel tonight. for the past nine years, mike has worked for the newspaper state bureau but has been covering state house and government issues for some 22 years. big welcome to mike. good to see you tonight, mike. >> thank you. >> also we have with us the news director of yellowstone public radio who has been covering state and local politics for 20 years. jackie, good to see you tonight and i know you have a bunch of good questions. and last but not least, sanjay -- those are our panelists tonight. thank you very much. all right. that is enough of the applause. i have the first question as the moderator. we flipped a coi

one of those 100 debates includes this week's debate with candidates amanda curtis and steve daines. here is a look at a three minute portion of that debate. >> you know, when our founding fathers wrote the founding document, they did not ever intend for corporations to be running the show. they absolutely intended for teachers and electricians and plumbers to be making the decisions that affect us and our legislature. they are afraid of being part of the process. maybe they don't think they are smart enough to do it or don't have the right background. the reason i have stepped up to the plate is to prove you do not have to be a silver spoon fed politician,a career to represent working families and that the best person to represent workers in the state is one of us. follow up with that, i think we are getting to your experience do you think you have the experience to represent the state with one year in the house of representative and your background as a high school teacher? >> absolutely. read in theire paper about my background growing up in poverty right here in billings. and the

eastern -- >> that includes last night's debate, amanda chris and republican congressman steve daines. here's a look at a three minute portion of that debate. fathersour founding wrote our founding documents, they did not ever intend for corporations to be running the show here. they absolutely intended for teachers and electricians and plumbers to be making the decisions that affect us in our citizen legislature. and i have found in meeting montana, they are a little afraid of being part of the process, that maybe they think they are not quite smart enough to do it. the reason i have stepped up to the plate is to prove you do not have to be us overspend fed politician, a career politician to represent working families, and the best person to represent workers in the state is one of us. >> a follow-up to that with getting to your experience, do you think you have the express to represent with one year and house of representatives and your background is a high school teacher? >> absolutely. i'm sure by now most folks have read in a local paper about my background growing up in poverty,

in congress steve daines is fighting to increase access to public lands and past bipartisan legislationprotect pristine areas around place here national park. steve daines defending our montano way of life and in getting results speak. >> up next, a forum on the obama administration's isis strategy. they talked about successes and failures in the region and macy's it -- suggestions for how best to pursue the campaign in the future. this event last friday. >> could afternoon. thank you for being here. welcome to the hudson institute. we welcome our c-span audience as well. my name is lee smith, senior fellow here. i will be moderating this afternoon's panel. can the obama administration is isis strategy work? i believe we have assembled a fantastic panel to address a remarkably timely issue during the midst of the obama administration isis campaign. and we will talk about the campaign. one of the other things that i want to do this afternoon is to really fill in a lot of questions which i think are still -- i think it is still kind of unclear do exactly isis is, where it came from, what

he's defending our montana way of life and getting results. >> i'm steve daines, and i approved this message. >> the montana senate debate is live tonight on c-span2 at 8 p.m. eastern. then at 9:t 30, a conversation on baseball in american life. we'll hear from noted baseball fan, supreme court justice samuel alito, columnist george will and david brooks of the new york times. >> be part of c-span's campaign 2014 coverage. follow us on twitter and like us on facebook to get debate schedules, video clips of key moments, debate previews from our politics team. c-span is bringing you over 10 senate, house -- 100 senate, house and governor debates, and you can instantly share your reactions to what the candidates are saying. stay in touch and engage by following us on twitter @c-span and liking us on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. >> now a discussion on government transparency. nsa surveillance and freedom of information act cases. this was part of the american bar association administrative law conference last week in washington. it's an hour and a half. >> good afternoon and welcome.

senate debate with republican steve daines and democrat amanda curtis. tuesday night at 9:00 on c-span. the south carolina governor's debate between five candidates. governor nikki haley, independent tom urban, steve french, and morgan bruce reed. thursday night, live it 8:00 eastern, the i will fourth district debate between stephen king and democrat jim mauer. c-span campaign 2014, more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >> american history tv travel to the library of congress in washington dc which was established in the year 2000 and a philanthropist. the center welcomes over 100 scholars every year to pursue their research at one of the worlds largest librari

you the first montana senate debate between democrat amanda curtis and republican congressman steve daines. here's a part of their debate. >>> you know, when our founding fathers wrote our founding documents, they did not ever intend for corporations to be running the show here. they absolutely intended for teachers and electricians and plumbers to be making the decisions that affect us and our citizen legislature. i have found in meeting montanans, that they're a little bit afraid of being part of the process, that maybe they don't think they're quite smart enough to do it, or don't have the right background. and the reason that i have stepped up to the plate is to prove that you do not have to be a silver spoon-fed politician, a career politician to represent working families, and that the best person to represent workers in the state is one of us. >> follow-up to that with amanda. i think we're getting to your experience. do you think you have the experience to represent the state and u.s. senate with one year in the house of representatives and your background as a high schoolteacher?

. >> steve danes is a fifth generation minnesotan and proud sportsman. daines understand how important hunting, fishing and the outdoors are to montana's heritage. in congress he is fighting to increase our access to public lands and he passed bipartisan legislation to protect pristine areas around glacier national park. steve dainse is defending our montana way of life and getting results. >> i'm steve daines and i approve this message. juke dethi . >> you can see this debate at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> c-span's 2015 student cam competition is under way. this nationwide competition for middle and high school students will award 150 prizes totally $100,000. create a five to seven-minute documentary on the topic the three branches and you. videos need to include c-span programming, show varying points of view, and must be submitted by january 20th, 2015. go to student cam.org for more information. grab a camera and get started today. >>> up next, another part of an all-day conference on asia with business leaders and policymakers from asia and the united

senate debate with representative steve daines and amanda curtis. tuesday night at 9:00 on c-span, the governor's debate between shaheen,ey, vincent tom irvine, steve french, and morgan reeves. and thursday night, the fourth district debate between stephen -- jim mower.r >> in delaware, chris coons is running for election for his first full term. he won a special election four years ago. he is republican kevin wade. as solidly rated democratic. here is a look at the debate from last week. they debated for about one hour. >> this is delaware debates. >> welcome. on behalf of delaware public media and the university of delaware center for put -- communication, welcome to delaware debates 2014, made possible with the financial support of the american cancer society cancer action network. joining me to moderate this debate is lindsay hoffman. andofessor of medication political silence -- science. the candidates include chris coons, the incumbent, and kevin wade. welcome to both of you. divided intoll be two parts. following a one minute opening statement

representative republican steve daines and democrat amanda curtis. tuesday night at 9:00 on c-span, the south carolina governors' debate between five candidates, nikki haley, vincent shaheen, tom ervin, steve french, and morgan bruce reeves. and thursday night, live at 8:00 eastern, the iowa fourth district debate between u.s. representative steven king and democrat jim mowrer. c-span campaign 2014, more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >>> here are a few of the comments we recently received from our viewers. >> i've been battling my local cable provider here, cable vision in new jersey, for over 18 months now to start offering c-span in high definition. >> i have never done anything like this before, but i thoroughly enjoyed this program. i never -- i like the history channel where i live in naples, florida, and i thought this was absolutely really magnificent. i just sat glued to my chair for the whole hour. and i will continue to turn back to this program again. >> i just want to start off by allowing c-span to know that i do not watch

monday night it up monday night at 8:00 eastern, governor nathan deal with jason carter, and then steve dainesnd amanda curtis tuesday night at 9:00 on season, the south carolina governor debate between five candidates, governor nikki haley, vincent shaheen, tom irvine, steve french, and morgan bruce reeves. thursday night, the iowa fourth district debate between representative stephen king and democratic jim mowrer. more than 100 debates for the control of congress. "washington journal" continues. host: our next guest is rob barnett, the scen senior energy economist at bloomberg government. thank you for joining us. guest: pleasure to beer. are: prices at the pump going down sometimes three dollars a gallon, but there might be more to it than that, can you explain what is going on here? guest: absolutely, with any commodity, anything like energy, consumer should want to pay as little as possible for it. not necessarily good news for producing companies and that sort of thing, but over the last few months, oil prices have dropped something like 25 percent. we are flirting with $80 a barrel rig

we showed you the first live debate between democrat amanda curtis and republican congressman steve daines. here is part of their debate. >> you know, when our founding fathers wrote our founding documents, they did not ever intend for corporations to be running the show here. they absolutely intended for teachers and electricians and plumbers to be making the decisions that affect us and our citizen legislature and i have found in meeting montanans that, you know, they're a little bit afraid of being part of the process, that maybe they don't think they're quite smart enough to do it or don't have the right background, and the reason that i have stepped up to the plate is to prove that you do not have to be a silver spoon fed politician, a career politician to represent working families and that the best person to represent workers in this state is one of us. >> follow up to that just with amanda, i think we're getting to your experience. do you think you have the experience to represent the state in the u.s. senate with one year in the house of representatives and your background as a hi

then the arkansas senate debate with >> in montana republican congressman steve daines is running against democrat amanda curtis for the open senate seat. courage senator is not running after plagiarism allegations were made against them. the senator was appointed to the siege earlier this year after senator baucus step down. this is courtesy of montana television network and yellowstone public radio. >> moderator: made possible thanks to support from the greater montana foundation founded by montana broadcasting pioneered to support communications on values of the importance. >> moderator: we will continue to debate night on the montana television network and petro theater is a venue deal made televised debate here in 2014. i and the moderator for that evening we would welcome our live audience along with the people tune in and of montana television network station. going nationwide on c-span2 so people watching across the country and people are listening on a statewide radio on yellowstone public radio along with statewide with friends of the northern news network. we would acknowledge

debate between nathan deal and democrat jason carter and at 2, the e on c-span debate with senate steve daines and amanda curtis. on c-span, south carolina haley, 's debate, nicky vincent shaheen, tom ervin, french, and morgan reeves. and thursday night, the iowa debate between u.s. representative steven king mauer.mocrat jim campaigns. all weekend, american history tv bay, wisconsin. became jaenl nick let the first european to discover lake michigan and wisconsin. landed on green bay to find a route from lake huron to the pacific ocean. the area green bay because of the area's greenish waters. cable by the time-warner partner, c-span visited many sites show casing green bay's history. more about green bay all weekend here on american history tv. >> this is hazelwood historic house. morgan l. me of the martin family. they live in the house from 1839 1930s.he early on this was a strong and most of ity the -- most of the men who lived here, the families who lived here, sided with the british during the war of 1812. of 1812, the ar american fur company came into area, john jacob aster and took ov