i am ted simons. tonight's show is a debate.e will hear from candidates look to go rement congressional district one. it is not a formally exercise. it is an open exchange of ideas, a give and take between the candidates for one of the tate's most important offices. cd-1 is huge. it is the 10th

i am ted simons. tonight's show is a debate. we will hear from candidates look to go rement congressional district one. it is not a formally exercise. it is an open exchange of ideas, a give and take between the candidates for one of the tate's most important offices. cd-1 is huge. it is the 10th large he is congressional district in the country. it stretches from paige to just north of tuscon. about 25% of the district's population is american indian. the congressional seat is being vacated by ann kirkpatrick, who is challenging john mccain. e move on to our candidates. county sheriff and republican paul babeu, and dempster tom o'halleran. open candidate will now have one minute for opening and closing statements. we drew numbers to see who goes goes and that honor first to tom o'halleran. >> thank you. i grew up in a working class family. my father worked day in and day out. every weekend i watched him put together a notebook of what was going to occur with his ability to provide for our family in the coming week. so the botto

i am ted simon.ht is a debate, we will hear from candidates competing to represent congressional district one. as with all debates, this is not a formal exercise, it is an open exchange of ideas. as such, interjections are allowed provided that all sides get a fair shake. it is the 10th largest congressional district in the country, stretching just north of tucson, taking in much of eastern arizona. 25% of the population is american indian. the seat is being vacated. we now move on to our debate. the candidates, paul babeu and tom o'halloran. it's candidate will have a minute for opening and closing statements. mr. o'halloran: every weekend, i watched my father put together a notebook of what was going to occur with his ability to provide for our family in the coming week. the bottom line here is that i had a strong sense of hard work, ethics, and community. what is happening in america today and arizona today is a dysfunctional congress. we have to nature we start working for middle-class families a

i am ted simons and joining me to moderate this debate is yvonne wingett sanchez.e are broadcasting to you live in the downtown arizona campus. we are also joined by radio listeners. and tonight's debate is also being broadcast in southern arizona on a to z central and on facebook live at cronkite news. viewers across the country they are watching too on c-span. you can also join the conversation on twitter. tonight, we will hear from candidates competing to represent arizona in the u.s. senate. this debate is an open exchange of ideas, an opportunity for give and take. as moderators, we will try to make sure that all sides get a fair shake, but there are a few ground rules. once we ask the candidate a question, they will have 90 seconds to answer without interruption. the other candidate then gets 45 seconds for a rebuttal without interruption. then, we will have up to an additional two minutes on that topic. at the end of the debate, each candidate will have one minute for closing statements. topics were chosen by journalists, which include azcentral.com. we will

i am ted simons and joining me to moderate this debate is yvonne wingett sanchez. we are broadcasting to you live in

sanchez i'm ted simons stay tuned for arizona pbs for continued coverage of the 2016 election. have a great evening. ♪ a new survey about american political culture shows public dissatisfaction with the economy, politics, and the current political climate. this survey authors review their findings live today here on c-span2 at 12:20 eastern. our campaign 2016 coverage continues on c-span with live debates for u.s. house, senate, and governor's races. tonight at 8 eastern, republican senator mike lee and democrat misty snowe debate for the utah u.s. senate, and then on thursday just after noon pennsylvania eight direct congressional debate between brian at this time patrick and steve, and at 7 republican senator richard burr and democrat deborah ross debate for the north carolina u.s. senate. on friday night at 8 eastern, the wisconsin u.s. senate debate between republican senator ron johnson and former democrat senator rust sine gold and solid at ten with republican joe heck and katherine cortez debating for the nevada u.s. senate. watch our complete campaign 2016 coverage on c

i am ted simons thanks for joining us. you have a great evening. did not waste his time fighting the republican nominee. up next the oral argument in the case of a texas death penalty case the defendant was sentenced to death after an expert witness testified that black people are more violent than others so lawyers argued because of the race is testimony his death sentence should be thrown out. >> we would reorganize next. >> mr. chief justice may yet please the court to wade was condemned to death after whose own court appointed trial attorney knowingly introduced an expert opinion that he was more likely to commit criminal acts of violence in the future because he is black this evidence encourages the sentencing jury to vacate critical dangerous decision that is the prerequisite for a death sentence and a central disputed issue at sentencing not based on the individual facts or circumstances of his crime or life history but instead based on a false and pernicious stereotype. >> didn't that expert say i don't think you'd be a future danger quite.

i am ted simons and joining me to moderate this debate is yvonne wingett sanchez. we are broadcasting to you live in the downtown arizona state university campus. we are also joined by radio listeners. and tonight's debate is also being broadcast by kuat tv in southern arizona on a to z central and on facebook live at cronkite news. viewers across the country are watching too on c-span. you can also join the conversation on twitter. tonight, we will hear from candidates competing to represent arizona in the u.s. senate. this debate is an open exchange of ideas, an opportunity for give and take. as moderators, we will try to ensure that all sides get a fair shake, but there are a few ground rules. once we ask the candidate a question, they will have 90 seconds to answer without interruption. the other candidate then gets 45 seconds for a rebuttal without interruption. then will have up to an additional two minutes on that topic. at the end of the debate, each candidate will have one minute for closing statements. topics were chosen by journalists from arizona pbs an

in preparation for ted's address, i researched the pure that created publication many 1 8 of simon revisionist history book on the french revolution. in citizens the author made a point that they did somethings quite well and that it was less repressive, more reform and more open to change than previously thought. directly challenged 200 year narrative that depicted kill louie the 16th at adults his ministers at flops in french royal court is out to lunch. france he said had many good things going for in 1979. he argued to the great deal of revolution violent was, in fact, and i quote fired by hostility to modernization teated or proposed. and then bit will to speed it further. i think the parallels with iran in 1971 are strike in that regard. what is re louis for progress or not? what was the eventually outcome compared to what came before? for daring to challenge historic orthodoxy by the review in norman, hanson to write a blistering essay of "the new york times" book about rv. now, it is -- getting nervous when authors write public letters to defend their works. they worry it can make us l