coming up, we are going to check in with the three radio talk q&a with steve inskeep followed by the british prime ministers questions. later, joe biden campaigning in minneapolis. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> this week on "q&a," steve inskeep discusses his book, "instant city: life and death in karachi." >> steve inskeep, when did you first go to work for npr? >> i had been freelancing a while, and hired me to cover politics. i would cover anything that needed done that nobody else would do. on my first full day there, i got on a plan to cover the new hampshire primary. i have been doing it ever since. i have been sent to cover plant cresses, wars, and i really enjoy myself. >> why radio? >> ipad started in high school in radio. my brother got on staff. i figured if my older brother could do it, i could do it. i got on staff. i called football games and basketball games. in college, i got paid $10 a game to the demand for high school and football games, i discover public radio at the same time. i

> steve inskeep, when did you first go to work for npr? >> i had been freelancing a while, and hired me to cover politics. i would cover anything that needed done that nobody else would do. on my first full day there, i got on a plan to cover the new hampshire primary. i have been doing it ever since. i have been sent to cover plant cresses, wars, and i really enjoy myself. >> why radio? >> ipad started in high school in radio. my brother got on staff. i figured if my older brother could do it, i could do it. i got on staff. i called football games and basketball games. in college, i got paid $10 a game to the demand for high school and football games, i discover public radio at the same time. i was more of a news guy. i fell in love with npr in particular. i had a saturday morning shift in kentucky. i had to get up, go in, turn the radio on and put on national programs on the air. i got to sit there and listen to scott simon, weekend edition, for two hours. he is a brilliant broadcaster. i got to hear twice how he would conduct an intervi

correct more with steve inskeep tonight at 8:00. >> he was the ideal candidates for the tea party.e is a libertarian. he's forgetting what his own positions are. he is thinking you will too. he is changing up so much and backtracking and sidestepping. we have got to name this condition that he is going through. i think it is called romnesia. >> this collection of come down between being a choice between two different americas. where government makes the rolls and is larger and larger where it runs more of our businesses and lives or an america where we restore the principles that made the nation what it is. that we bring back the principles of the declaration of independence, recognizing that god gave us our rights. they include to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. >> watched as president obama and mitch running mate in their final debate. -- watch as president obama and mitt romney meet in their final debate. >> we want to welcome back to "newsmakers" chris van hollen. democrat of maryland. and the top democrat on the house budget committee. thank you for being here. an

next, "q & a" with npr host steve inskeep. next, brit -- then, british prime minister david cameron takes questions in the house of commons. then a discussion of u.s. and british banking standards. >> tell folks he was the ideal candidate for the tea party. now suddenly he's saying, what, who me? he's forgetting what his own positions are. and he's betting that you will too. i mean, he's changing up so much, back tracking, sidestepping. we've got -- we've got to name this condition he's going through. i think -- i think it's called romnesia. >> so this election is going to come down to being a choice between two different americas. an america where government makes the rules where government is larger and larger, where it takes more and more from the american people, where it runs more of our businesses. and increasingly runs our lives. or instead an america where we restore the principles that made the nation the nation that it is. we bring back the principles of the declaration of independence, recognize that god gave us our

. >> more with "instant city" author steve inskeep sunday at eight on c-span's q&a. >> now, highlight some the october 9 session of question time in the australian parliament. they focus on issues surrounding the speaker of the house who has been charged with sexual harassment and fraud. after the debate, the speaker one in no confidence vote but resigned several hours later. prime minister julian gillard and opposition leader spoke about that and women's rights. this program is courtesy of aipac, austria public affairs channel. >> hello, welcome to washington. it was another extraordinary week in australian politics with the speaker of the house under increasing pressure to resign his post to the atari step aside what i sexual harassment court case brought by former staffer went on to during the course of that case text messages between the pair emerged showing crude language and bad attitude towards women. and sensing a political victory, the opposition moved to dump him, seeing it was the governor put a miniature. this is a question time started during the week. >> thank you, madam

. >> more with steve inskeep sunday at 8:00. >> he told people he was the ideal candidate for the tea party. now, he says, who, me? he is forgetting what his own positions are. he is betting that you will, too. he is changing up so much and a backtracking and sidestepping. we have to name this condition that he is going through. i think it is called "romnesia." >> this election will come down to being a choice between two different americas. one where government makes the rules and is larger and larger and it takes more from the american people and it runs more of our businesses and runs our lives. instead, an america where we restore the principles that made the nation what it is. we bring back the principles of the declaration of independence and recognize that god gave us our rights and they include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. >> watch and engage monday as president obama and mitt romney beat in their final debate. -- meet in their final debate. our coverage starts a 7:00 followed by the debate at 9:00 and post debate coverage at 10:30. >> members of the british ho

. >> more with "instand city author" steve inskeep author sunday on "q & a." >> c-span is asking middle and high school students to send a message to the president as part of a documentary competition. students will answer the question, "what's the most important issue the president should considered in 2013" for a chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. there are $50,000 in total prizes available. video cam is open through grades 6th through 12. for complete details, go online to studentcam.org. >> former vice president walter mondale challenged ronald reagan in the 1984 campaign. the two discussed foreign policy issues in the second of their two debates that year. this 1:20 minute debate was sponsored by the league of women voters and held in kansas city missouri. >> good evening from the kentucky center for the arts in louisville, kentucky. i'm dorothy ridings, president of the league of women voters, the sponsor of tonight's first presidential debate between republican ronald reagan and democrat walter mondale. our panelists are a syndicated columnist for universal press syndicate,

. >> more more with "instant city" offer steve inskeep sunday at 8 p.m. on c-span's q&a. >> see the presidential debate monday night live on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. watch and engage. in a few moments a look of the role teachers unions play in education policy. we'll be live at 9 a.m. for a wilson center form on protecting women and girls in afghanistan. the national academy of sciences hosts a discussion on the process of election polling and forecasting. that's live at 2 p.m. eastern. >> a couple live campaign events to tell you about today on our companion network c-span. vice president joe biden will be in sun city florida just after 11:45 a.m. eastern. then at 4:45 p.m. new jersey governor chris christie campaigns for mitt romney and richmond, virginia. >> i have to be honest with you, i love these debates. these things are great. and i think it's interesting that the president still doesn't have an agenda for a second term. don't you think that it's time for him to finally put together a vision of what he would do in the next f

. >> more with steve inskeep tonight at 8:00. host: amy walter, welcome back to c-span.rom your web sites "obama and romney cramming on foreign policy for the last debate." does it matter? as the third debate the matter? as foreign policy matter when the economy is a blessing the election? guest: i think every debate matters. in the primaries, who was first, second, coming from behind, it changed every debate. i think we saw what the president's performance at the debate -- we have seen how the race has tightened. he's a foreign policy in and of itself is not something voters are paying as much attention to, but it does matter that it gives a measure of these men as commander in chief. voters are looking for somebody who can put together a profile on the economy, look like they have a plan for the economy. they really want to know, what will they look like when they have to make the ultimate call, which is the issues of war and peace. the great irony is we spend so much time talking about the economy and the role these men will play in working with congress. the most con

i said on monday that npr's steve inskeep is the first male voice i hear in the morning, and he is, at melissa is a very competent and informed female voice, which i hear in the late afternoon on the way home. she was in china preparing a broadcast for npr when a massive earthquake struck in 2008, and major organizations around the world rely on her extensive reporting on the destruction and relief efforts. i have many henry kissinger stories. i won't spend the full 15 minutes he demanded -- [laughter] but i will tell you a few of them. let's try this. this past valentine's day, he was my date. well, what really happened is that henry and i contacted our dear friends and ritu -- our dear friends andrea mitchell and alan greenspan about spending the evening with them, and we ended up in a hotel room with flowers. henry and i also sat with each other at defense policy board meetings, and we just spent a day and a half doing that discussing the very complicated issue of iran. at one of those meetings, henry told me -- this is very personal -- that i was his jewish mother. [laughter] my re

. >> more with steve inskeep sunday at 8 on c-span's q&a. >> see the president of debate monday nightnline at c- span.org. what engage. -- c-span, c-span radio and online at." c-span.org. watch and engage. after that, mitt romney campaigns in virginia and president obama is of in -- in iowa. on washington journal tomorrow morning, celinda lake talked about how the presidential campaign is seeming to female voters. and matthew cooper of national journal daily looks at issues facing congress for the rest of the year, including the so- called fiscal cliff and how the result of the presidential race will affect the congressional agenda. washington journal is live on c- span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> democratic new york senator --senator kirsten gillibrand is being challenged by republican wendy long, of mitt romney's justice advisory committee. they will debate in saratoga springs, new york, with courtesy of ny-1. this is about an hour. >> good evening. welcome from skidmore college. >> tonight the u.s. senate debate is being filmed across the state on ny1 news, as well as across

. >> more with steve inskeep on c- a."'virginia senate candidates tim kaine and george allen me tonight for a debate. it is current -- in roanoke. campaign. beautiful campus in virginia. ♪ [applause] ♪ [applause] for tonight's debate. -- good evening. i am the moderator for tonight's debate. joining me is my longtime partner at this coverage, who happens to be the chairman of the communications department of virginia tech bang and a distinguished professor here. behind us is a southwest virginia crowd filling the haymarket theater here in the student center. we welcome them and welcome all of you. not only across southwest virginia and the commonwealth, by coming to nationwide from coverage on c-span. tonight is your opportunity to hear directly from candidates, unfiltered and unedited. it is our hope this will be a lively hour that explores new ground in this campaign and forces the candidates to really face the issues that not only are troubling our commonwealth but also our entire country. at the and we hope you'll be ab