once again from the performing arts center from the university of missouri, st. louis, moderator, gwen ifill. gwen: hello, st. louis. welcome. thank you for coming out and thanks for joining us here at the university of missouri. the presidential race is shifting before our eyes and it's all about the numbers. mitt romney is working to regain ground. barack obama is pouring millions of dollars into ads to steal the deal. voters are heading to the polls in two dozen states and both sides are bracing for the unexpected, especially when it comes to the economy. and that's with less than six weeks left. if the election were held today, what would we expect, jeff? >> if the election would be held today and it is, it is a question that governor romney's campaign dismissed saying it is not being held today. i was in iowa yesterday, thousands of people have voted in almost at the end of this month, 30 states will have voted. if the election was today, president obama has command. in battleground states from nevada, up to new hampshire and down to florida in nine battle gr

disaster will be worse money talks but the threat of jail would speak louder if it happened william black associate economics professor for the university of missouri kansas city school of law well remember that web site pirate bay where users can get access to music and movie files stored on other people's computers it became one of the world's largest free file sharing websites and in two thousand and nine the founders of the website were found guilty of using pirate bay to encourage copyright infringement but instead of serving time in jail they're believed to have fled to sweden. well one of those co-founders twenty seven year old godfrey sore thumb warrigal was just arrested in cambodia and will be deported now after that arrest swedish media reported there's an international warrant out for worms arrest and to many people's surprise the arrest is apparently not for pirate bay he's now also accused of hacking a swedish i.t. company logica and of leaking thousands of people's tax id numbers these are the accusations but this whole thing is pretty interesting especially since cambodia and sweden don't have an extradition treaty all of the founde

the packaging and selling of risky mortgages that led to this crisis well talk about how aggressive this investigation has actually been with william black associate economics professor at the university of missouri of kansas city school of law hey there. give me a little bit of background as i know that you have kind of worked in this field before how do these investigations work is it normal for it to take as long as it's taking several months to even you know get an office or launch a website not to mention actually investigate these crimes. no i mean what was the norm before was during the savings and loan crisis which is one seven the a as large in terms of both losses and fraud as this crisis and that crisis we've got over a thousand felony convictions just in cases designated as major by the federal government and that understates the degree of prior to say should because we created the top one hundred list of roughly the worst six hundred frauds and virtually all of them were prosecuted we had a ninety percent conviction rate to do that our agency the regular banking regulatory agency the office of thrift supervision made over thirty thousand criminal referrals flash forward to this crisi

but the threat of jail would speak louder if it happened william black associate economics professor for the university of missouri kansas city school of law and that's going to do it for us here for now for more on the stories we cover go to youtube dot com slash r t america. download the official publication so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device to watch on t.v. any time. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom our market is a big issue. hello and welcome to this important debate on whether capitalism has lost its compass and i would even say moral compass this is the first time russia has hosted the apex summit it's an organization representing big and small rich and poor countries from the asia pacific area more than twenty world leaders are attending this annual event including presidents from russia and china the u.s. secretary of st

first is from laura brooks from the university of tennessee, who says, there ain't no place i'd rather be than good old tennessee. and leslie from the university of missourig of a new era with the misso golden girls. we are not golden, yet. >> we are the golden girls. >> tomorrow, we will help hoda with something, very, very important. >> what?

this came in from the university of missouri. g was voted best dressed by "people." clearly, hoda, they didn't know about you. come to mizzou for the best-dressed dance team. from auburn university, look at hoda kotb like a true auburn fan. finally, from the university of tennessee, from m.c. who likes her mug, she tweeted, i bring kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb to campus. time to come to rocky top for real. >> this is going to be a strange segue when dr. drew comes out, we're dressed like this and we're drinking. but he's got an amazing season on his show. i was watching this morning. it's absolutely riveting television. moved me to tears. really well done. >> then the big reveal. >> our ambush makeovers. two lucky ladies plucked from the crowd. right after this. >> is that a peanut butter cookie? >> it's sugar. >> okay. ♪ [ female announcer ] you can always measure the growth of your children by the way they clean themselves in the bathroom. try charmin ultra strong. with a new duraclean texture, charmin ultra strong helps you

the end, libertarian candidate jonathan dine. let me also introduce to you today our panel of journalist who will be joining me and asking questions today of the candidates. we have a student at the university of missouri, we have bill miller of the washington missourian and jeff fox of the independent examiner. now let me briefly go over the rules of our debate today. the candidates drew numbers in advance to determine their speaking order. they will each have two minutes for an opening statement. candidates will have the 90 seconds to answer each question with a 45 second rebuttal at the option of the moderator. i will ask the first question and then our panelist will take turns asking questions. at the end of the debate, candidates will have two minutes for closing debates. for the members of the audience, we ask you to silence your phone and hold your applause. let's get started. we're read for our opening statements a congressman akin you're first. >> thank you all very much for allowing us to have this chance to talk about things that matter about our families and about our country. i'm an engineer. i served as an officer in the army and work for ibm where i met my dear wife of 37 years. we have

the end, libertarian candidate jonathan dine. let me also introduce to you today our panel of journalist who will be joining me and asking questions today of the candidates. we have a student at the university of missouri, we have bill miller of the washington missourian and jeff fox of the independent examiner. now let me briefly go over the rules of our debate today. the candidates drew numbers in advance to determine their speaking order. they will each have two minutes for an opening statement. candidates will have the 90 seconds to answer each question with a 45 second rebuttal at the oion of the moderator. i will ask the first question and then our panelist will take turns asking questions. at the end of the debate, candidates will have two minutes for closing debates. for the members of the audience, we ask you to silence your phone and hold your applause. let's get started. we're read for our opening statements a congressman akin you're first. >> thank you all very much for allowing us to have this chance to talk about things that matter abou our families and about our country. i'm an engineer. ierved as an officer i the army and work for ibm where i met my dear wife of 37 years. we have 6 six,

the end, libertarian candidate jonathan dine. let me also introduce to you today our panel of journalist who will be joining me and asking questions today of the candidates. we have a student at the university of missouri, we have bill miller of the washington missourian and jeff fox of the independent examiner. now let me briefly go over the rules of our debate today. the candidates drew numbers in advance to determine their speaking order. they will each have two minutes for an opening statement. candidates will have the 90 seconds to answer each question with a 45 second rebuttal at the option of the moderator. i will ask the first question and then our panelist will take turns asking questions. at the end of the debate, candidates will have two minutes for closing debates. for the members of the audience, we ask you to silence your phone and hold your applause. let's get started. we're read for our opening statements a congressman akin you're first. >> thank you all very much for allowing us to have this chance to talk about things that matter about our families and about our country. i'm an engineer. i served as an officer in the army and work for ibm where i met my dear wife of 37 years. we have

the food supply in this country. host: what kind of things are senator claire mccaskill hearing on the campaign trail? guest: it depended on the audience. if she went to her all modern, the university of missouri columbia, she spent a lot of time fielding biographical questions. like what got you into politics? shifting venues, some people, her message was that there are big differences between her and her republican candidate todd akin over issues like student aid and social security and help care. surely try to hammer that home. there were some questions about townth care in one co outside kansas city, a farming community. a lot of questions about health care for veterans. some even about fema, flood plain redistricting, which i had not heard as a new topic. it depended on the audience. what was interesting to me was people were engaged on a variety of topics. the funding bill for the next six months did not really, as much -- did not really come up as much. and the congress was hoping they could not deal with it. it is a colossal failure of dealing with the most basic function of government, which is funding. and the six-month extending of funding does not really get you anywhere except for

the great state of missouri, the show me state. the home of the world champion world series champions, the settlers cardinals but also the home of the greatest institution of learning in the free world, the university-- emanuel cleaver and gov. jay nixon. as well as our great senator, clear-clear casco -- claire mckaskill. -- mccaskill. we, the show-me state asks our nation to show was an barack obama back to the white house for four more years. we hereby stand with our president and unanimously cast our 99 delegates and votes for our president and ex-president, barack obama. >> thank you, missouri. missouri casts 99 votes for barack obama. montana. you have 31 votes. >> madam secretary, in the state of montana, the big blue sky is not the only theing that is blu. eight out of nine are -- of elected leaders are democrats. but senator max baucus, senator tester, gov. bryant schweitzer, attorney-general steve bullock who took montana's fight against citizens united to the united states supreme court and leaders like denise juno, the first american indian elected to statewide office. >> montana is proud to have a to tribal nations within our state's boundaries and we have many of their members here wi

yes, i had access to his papers, which are stored at the university of missouri in columbia, but the family reasons that this is what senator eagleton is remembered for beyond missouri. people go to his 18 days as vice-presidential nominee. that is the first line on his obituary. but i see the book as a way to see eagleton beyond those 18 days as well. host: i want to try to squeeze one more question in on our line for democrats from teddy. let's try to make it short and sweet. caller: i just want to ask the gentleman -- do you think if a candidate presented himself with a similar problem today it would be handled differently? secondly, where was george bush at the convention? he was former president of the united states,. what happened to him. he was the reason why they did not want him around. host: could that happen today? could someone with eagle and's background get this far in the nomination process? guest: someone with his background would be treated differently. he would not have shock therapy necessarily. he would be treated with psychotropic drugs that were not available at

first is from laura brooks from the university of tennessee, who says, there ain't no place i'd rather be than good old tennessee. and leslie from the university of missouriant. >> what? >> get your bedroom organized. dr. drew pinski is going to be here. place makeovers -- an intervention? >> both of us. >> have a great wines day, everybody. we will see you tomorrow. >> tomorrow, we will help hoda everybody. >>> this is an nbc news special report. here's brian williams. >>> good day from our new york headquarters. we want to update you in the situation overseas. president obama says justice will be done for the murder of christopher stevens, the u.s. ambassador to libya, killed along with three americans when the consulate in benghazi, libya, was attack by protesters. >> we will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake, justice will be done. >> it was a day of anti-u.s. violence on two fronts yesterday, in cairo, egypt, protesters stormed our embassy there, burned the american flag. they were motivated by a new anti-muslim film. it's unclear if the attack in benghazi had the same motive. and the cri

two days ago i had the privilege of being with congresswoman at the university of central missouri. nd while i was there we were hosted by the university, and the issue with sequestration. we have persons all of our country, air force base, fort leonard wood that had the opportunity to visit, the american people are free concerned, and i want to thank you for your service but also we really are counting on you to make sure that again, the american people understand what's going on. i'm particularly concern, general dunford, i have te privilege of representing paris island. my late father-in-law was a marine who received the navy cross at okinawa so i grew up with a great appreciation of marine corps. and it's my understand that the personal cost of the marine corps are significantly higher than the other services, possibly 58% of the budget is spent on personnel. .. >> first, you're correct, 58% of our total obligations authority goes towards personnel. our cost perma lean is -- per marine is not higher, but the proportion we spend on personnel is higher. what i alluded to in the my

this came in from the university of missouri. leslie tweeted, klg was voted best dressed by people. tweeted, i bring kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb to campus. time to come to rocky top for real. >> this is going to be a strange segue when dr. drew comes out, but he's got an amazing season on his show. i was watching this morning. it's absolutely riveting television. moved me to tears. really well done. >> then the big reveal. >> our ambush makeovers. two lucky ladies plucked from the crowd. [ man ] launch sequence initiated. [ male announcer ] at kfc we have one mission: [ beep ] 15 seconds and counting. serve the world's best-tasting chicken. t-minus 10... that's why our whole chicken is delivered fresh. 9...8... and prepared fresh by real cooks 7... t-5. all systems go. 4... with kfc's world famous secret recipes. preparation complete... 3... 2...1... taste for yourself why fresh is better. mission accomplished. try our new freshly hand-breaded premium breast meat original recipe bites today. premium breast meat parebut not on your face. juvÉderm® xc is the gel filler your doctor

thisis on the campus of washington university, in st. louis, missouri. 3 journalists will be asking questions, john mashek, ann compton of abc news, and sander vanocur. >> we will follow a format agreed to agreed by the clinton and bush campaigns. that contains no restriions on the content or subject matter of the questions. each candidate will haveup to 2 minutes for a closing atement. the order of those as well as the questioning was determined by a drawing. the first question goes to mr. perot. he wl have 2 minutes to answer to be followed by rebuttals of 1 minute each by governor clinton and then president bush. gentlemen, good evening. >> the first pic tonight is, what separates each of you from the other. mr. perot, what do you believe tonight is the single most important separating issue of this campaign? pa is that 5.5 ipal issue that million people came together and put me on the ballot. i was not put on the ballot by money, by any foreign lomoney or special interest money. this is a movement that came from the people. this is the way the frame

of the candidates. we have nacine, a student at the university of missouri. we have bill miller of the washington missourian, and jeff fox of the independence examiner. now, let me briefly go over the rules of our debate today. the candidates drew numbers in advance to determine their speaking order. they will each have two minutes for an opening statement. candidates will have 90 seconds to answer each question with a 45-second rebuttal at the option of the moderator. i will ask the first question, then our panelists will take turns asking questions. at the end of the debate, candidates will have two minutes for closing statements. for the members of the audience, we ask that you silence your phones, remain seated during the debate and hold your applause until the end. okay? well, let's get started then. we're ready for our opening statements, and congressman akin, you're first. go ahead. akin: well, thank you all very much for allowing us to have this chance to talk about things that matter, about our families and about our country. i'm an engineer, i served

is still reeling from the hazing-related -- florida a&m university is still reeling from the hazing death of a drum major. in the ozarks in missouri we have a dramatic video on the water. >> some of this is a graphic video. seven people injured of honor boats pits a large wake of the late last friday. -- when the boat hit a large wake. five people were taken to the hospital for treatment. now let's check in with adam caskey for the weather. >> i know we love the water, but in moderation. >> i do. growing up in minnesota and i've been driving bozen's i was a child. speed is a factor. in winchester there's a light shower ppushing east. also along and south of front royal out, especially along 340 approaching the blue ridge. 73 degrees in fairfax, camp springs, 77. woodbrige, 74. germantown, 72. a cold front off to our west will washout. it will not even affect our temperatures. i wish it would, but that's not going to be the case until early next week. by monday and tuesday, and '70s. a nice taste of september weather. 89 later on today, partly cloudy. if a sprinkle here and there this morning out west. this afternoon and evening, a

universal service fund to get broadband into their areas. when the issue came up last time in the energy and commerce committee, then congressman now senator roy blunt of missouri offered some amendments to require that, if you will do broadband universal service fund, they provided to underserved areas and that amendment was defeated. to my mind, it does show a bit of the hypocrisy of the concept. >> the communications at those require the fcc to have the usf. is that something you would favor changing the law to address that issue? >> possible. again, i don't to regurgitate, that reasonable people can debate whether we need a universal service fund 70 years ago. the affirmative won the case then maybe it was necessary. you have a tough time making the case today. if you choose to live in some remote area, you don't have an entitlement to broadband. you don't have an entitlement. you might argue that you need a lan line telephone -- as land line telephone, prior to wireless. but i don't think you can make that argument to the usf to broadband for rural areas. it is not a necessity. it is a nice city. -- it is a nicety. from a performance standpoint, i would sa

event, which is taking place before an audience in the athletic complex on the campus of washington university in st. louis, missouri. three journalists will be asking questions tonight. they are john mashek of the boston globe, ann compton of abc news, and sander vanocur, a freelance journalist. we will follow a format agreed to by representatives of the clinton and bush campaigns. that agreement contains no restrictions on the content or subject matter of the questions. each candidate will have up to 2 minutes for a closing statement. the order of those, as well as the questioning, was determined by a drawing. the first question goes to mr. perot. he will have 2 minutes to answer, to be followed by rebuttals of one minute each from governor clinton and then president bush. gentlemen, good evening. the first topic tonight is what separates each of you from the other. mr. perot, what do you believe tonight is the single most important separating issue of this campaign? >> i think the principal that separates me is that 5 and a half million people came together on their own and put me on the ballot. i was not put on

universal service fund to get broadband into their areas. when the issue came up last time in the energy and commerce committee, then-congressman, now-senator roy blunt of missouri offered some amendments to require that we provide if you're going to do broadband universal service fund, that you provide it to unserved areas before you provide it to underserved areas. and that amendment was defeated. so to my mind, it does show a little bit of the hypocrisy of the concept. >> host: howard buskirk. >> host: usf, though, the telecommunications act, the telecom act does require the fcc to have the usf, so is that something you would favor changing the law -- >> guest: possibly. i mean, i just, again, i don't want to regurgitate, but, you know, reasonable people can debate whether we needed a universal service fund 70 years ago, and the affirmative won the case then, and it may have been necessary. you have a tough time making that case today. i mean, if you choose to live in some remote area, you don't have an entitlement to broadband, you don't have an entitlement. you might argue that you need a landline telephone and, again, prior to wireless and all we have toda

researchers at two universities in missouri and the goenld arches found the pleasure centers of the brain fire up. no such response when they are showing nonfood logos. children ages 10-1460 food logos 60 nonfood logos. it increased activity in the regions of the brain appetite control. watch for the food police come out and say there ought to be a law to prevent that. >>> we will see about that. my son is 7 he sees the golden arches he's hungry. dennis neil, fox nbusiness network. >>> still couto come we have shocking details out of hollywood this morning. a tv star found dead after allegedly committing murder. >> why one mother found her son in harm's way. >> before we get a break now is a look at leno from last night. >> i love how the politicians capitalize in this thing. president obama said sometimes losing jobs can be a good thing. (laughter) [ giggling ] [ laughing ] [ laughing ] [ laughing ] [ laughing ] ♪ >> 15 minutes after the hour. here's what you missed while you were sleeping. julian assange in the legal category as al qaeda and the taliban. the harold says they classified

the country elizabeth warren now has a small lead over sitting senator scott brown. suffolk university whdh poll has warren 4 points ahead of brown. the opposite of where she was found a few months ago. over in missouridd akin has until september 25 to exit the race. but despite the most recent poll putting him 6 points behind mccaskill, he thinks he can win the race. the akin campaign released this ad yesterday. >> a coalition of women whose goal is to reach others with the truth that todd is a humble, intelligent and compassionate leader. he's not just a good choice for missouri. he's the best choice for missouri senate. >> eliot: the video and corresponding web site have since been taken down after it was revealed one of the women pictured on the site was a democratic operative only there to keep tabs on akin. joining me now the d.c. correspondent for wnyc's the take away, todd zwillich. mayhem at every level other than the presidential race where i for one think it is a forgone conclusion. let's talk the house. 25 the magic number. how do you assess the odds that the democratic party can take back control of the house? >> good to be with you governor. i think the smart money has to go with dick d

issue came up last time in the committee of congress and now senator of missouri offered some amendments to require that we provide if you're going to do broadband universal service to underserved areas that amendment was defeated, so to my mind, it does show little bit of hypocrisy in the concept. >> the act does require them to have the usf. is that something you would favor changing ... all? >> i don't want to regurgitate. >> many of the universal service fund 70 years ago and they won the case then and may have been necessary. you have a tough time making that case today. if you choose to live in some remote area, you don't have an entitlement to broadband. you don't have an entitlement who might argue that you need a land line telephone for wireless and all that we have today i don't think you can make the argument to do usf for broadband in rural areas. it's not a necessity. it's an isotope. >> have you been falling any of the changes that they have made over the last year or so? >> from the reform standpoint i would say progress is being made and some of the caps and some of the things we take down are stepping in the right direction. >> and the ta

missouri say the party leaders back in washington will have no one to blame but themselves. >> pelley: chip, thank you. nasa today showed us what the universe looked like near the beginning of time. we'll have the picture in a moment. there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use less gel. >> pelley: in madrid, a protest turned into a battle today. thousands tried to march on the spanish parliament to protest cuts in government programs. riot police fired rubber bullets. 28 people were hurt. nearly two dozen arrested. a powerful storm off of scotland has buried the waterfront in the city of aberdeen in foam. people woke up sunday to find cars, streets, even homes covered by nearly a foot of sea foam. the layer of lather was churned up by the sea then blown ashore by the wind. some scotts said they thought it had snowed. and from the sea to a new view of deep space. it is the farthest ever view of our universe. astronomers say it shows thousands of galaxie

of unnecessary things from the budget. >> okay. that concludes our missouri gubernatorial debate today. >> the first debate the turn presidential candidates mitt romney and president barack obama is next wednesday, october october 3rd. the university of denver. watch and engage with c-span, including a live debate preview starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern fall by the domestic policy debate at 9:00 p.m. post debate reactions and comments. calls, e-mails, and tweets. follow our live coverage on c-span, c-span radio and on line at c-span.org. >> presidential debates next wednesday live on c-span, c-span radio, and on line at c-span.org. watch ending dates. pass >> on washington journal tomorrow morning and look at the issue of foreign policy in this year's campaign. our guest is nicholas burt, former undersecretary of state for political affairs. political science professor at norfolk state university will focus on the role of virginia in the election and a history of the african-american vote in virginia. we will also be joined by editor in chief of the washington monthly to discuss recent articles in the magazine examining the consumer financial protection bureau. live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> i watched c-span every

missouri say the party leaders back in washington will have no one to blame but themselves. >> pelley: chip, thank you. nasa today showed us what the universe looked like near the beginning of time. we'll have the picture in a moment. there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use less gel. it raises your testosterone levels, and... protest turned into a battle today. thousands tried to march on the spanish parliament to protest cuts in government programs. riot police fired rubber bullets. 28 people were hurt. nearly two dozen arrested. a powerful storm off of scotland has buried the waterfront in the city of aberdeen in foam. people woke up sunday to find cars, streets, even homes covered by nearly a foot of sea foam. the layer of lather was churned up by the sea then blown ashore by the wind. some scotts said they thought it had snowed. and from the sea to a new view of deep space. it is the farthest ever view of our universe. astronomers say it shows t

the university of massachusetts. 71 degrees in ann arbor, a 3:30 kickoff there. tennessee the volunteers. s.e.c. country. the gators. and the volunteers, a very old rivalry in the s.e.c. 79 degrees there. we'll have the missourie and the carolina game coming up in a little bit and the oklahoma sooners, my beloved sooners are off this week. no danger of a loss for my team. >> no chance of you being in a bad mood tomorrow. >> that's right. >> thanks, chuck. >>> in just a few minutes hundreds will gather for a day of prayer at the washington monument. this is a live look at the national mall. the event is called my people pray and will feature prayers for a different topic each half hour today including prayers for the nation, world, and political and spiritual leaders. the event is nondenominational, nonpartisan, and free. christians from around the country are expected to attend. >>> even a nats loss could not keep nationals park from rocking last night. that's what happens when the boss is in town. ♪ bruce springsteen and the e street band treated 38,000 fans to an awesome concert at the ballpark last night. they performed a mix of old and new hits as part of the wrecking ball tour including racing in the str

university, i had the honor of being a student in the classroom of dr. maya angelou. over the course of her years, the little woman born in st. louis, missouriwe all know as maya angelou. she did it all. historian, singer, damageser, actress, filmmaker. even conducted a streetcar in san francisco. her first memoir, i know why the caged bird sings added the life story of a black woman in the model. in her role at professor at wake forest university, she taught courses in literature, democracy, social action and all those who are familiar with her infinitely quotable wisdom can attest, the lessons she has to teach reach far beyond the classroom and into our very lives. as i found out when i sat down with her recently in the living room of her north carolina home, her wisdom reaches into our understanding of modern-day american politics. >> so it's been 20 years i think. i took your course as a sophomore here at wake forest. i remember that one of key lessons was courage. and that courage is the most important virtue. >> that's right. >> without it, nothing else can be practiced consistently. >> that's right. your memory is good, by the way. >>