thank you again to the united states commission.f you have time after the session for questions, we should really close at this point so thank you for joining us, really fascinating discussion, thank you. [applause] >> i do want to say -- >> take it outside.

this event is cohosted and cosponsored by the united states commission on international religious freedome represents your today. -- kathy represents here today. analyst senior policy -- she has really been an expert on not just the soviet situation this post soviet situation, but also the soviet era. kathy, thank you for joining us. next to kathy, we have our colleague who is research fellow -- hannah has been spending a lot of time in ukraine. she is a peace corps volunteer there. she's been following political and domestic development in russia, including a lot of research she has done on mr. putin himself as a personality and political leader. thank you for joining us. hannah, i want to start with you. you've been following the domestic political policies in putin since his last term in 2012 come others been more attention paid to the growing pressure on civil society, media and just basic human and civil rights in russia . i wonder if you could start us off by giving us the bigger law we arethe talking about was just passed in the summer of this year. use language of anti-terrorism t

policymaking commission, national advisory committee on institutional quality and integrity, united states commission on international religious freedom. with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. collins: i call up house resolution 843 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 139, house resolution 843. resolved, that at any time after adoption of this resolution the speaker may pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18 declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill h.r. 5063, to limit donations made pursuant to settlement agreements to which the united states is a party and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and

he had served as united states civil service commission or, president of the police commission of nework city, assistant secretary to the united states navy, colonel of the first united states volunteer cavalry, governor of new york, vice president of the united states and president of the united states all by the age of 42. please give a warm welcome to the 26th president of the united states, theodore roosevelt. [applause] president roosevelt: has he mentioned, i was here on and i february 12 will tell you it was cooler that day. i'm going to give this speech and it is powerful and as important as it was back then. i hope you pay close attention. we have met here to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the two greatest americans. one of the two or three greatest men of the 19th century, one of the greatest men in world history. this rail splitter, the one who -- boy who passed his life from a poor start whose rise was by weary and painful labor lives to lead his people through the burning flames of a struggle from which the nation emerged. peer five -- purified if

him to the first of three debates among the major candidates for president of the united states, spas but the commission

she also mentioned, this event is so hosted and co-sponsored by the united states commission of international freedom which kathy represents here today. kathy joined the commission on international religious freedom as an analyst in 2003. but she has really been an expert on not just the post soviet situation but also the soviet era. and she has lived in many places across western europe and eastern europe during some of those most tumultuous times, the 1990s and before. so katsy, thank you for joining us. and then last but certainly not least, we have our colleague, hannah thoburn. she's been spending a lot of time in ukraine. she's a peace core volunteer there. she's been following the political and domestic developments in russia, including a lot of research she's done on mr. putin himself as personality and political leader. so thank you for joining us. hannah, i would like to start with you. you've started the mit policies in russia and a great deal of work on this yourself. and under putin, particularly since the beginning of his last material in 2012, there's been a lot more attention

states get what we need from existing networks including the united states commission and the standards and technology which already identified th identify f testing certification. most standards needed to reveal signs of tampering there is a rule for congress in this. most purchased their machines using federal dollars. but there's little interest on the hill when it comes to helping replace the systems. i suggest you see how an investment in voting technology could benefit the nation in the long run. in the meantime, we have received a sobering wake-up call on a serious nature of cyber attacks. states will continue to take an approach to secure the systems and at the end of the day i want to assure every american, and i speak for all of my colleagues at the association that your next president will be determined by a vote of the people and every vote will count. thank you for loving me and my comments. >> good morning and thank you mr. tremaine and johnson to testify today on the important issue of the security of the system. i am the executive director of the center for election inno

to the united states international trade commission, improved protection of america's internet -- just think of this -- improve protection of america's intellectual property in china would add 2 million jobs he year within the united states every single year. and we do nothing. we allow them to get away with it. who can blame them and i don't blame them at all. if you can get away with it, they are going to get away with it. we are going to stop a outflow of jobs from our country and open a new highway of jobs back into our country. here's how the plan adds up. we are proposing a $4.4 trillion tax cut that will score as a $2.6 trillion under dynamic growth models, which is how taxes should be scored. [applause] this includes the child care plan that we announced the other day. our economic team has further growth-inducede savings from trade, energy and regulation reform wealth's -- will shave another $8.3 trillion off the remaining debt. this money can all be saved through simple common sense reforms. save one penny of each federal dollars spent on nondefense and non-entitlement progra

according to the united states' international trade commission, improved protection of america's -- think of this. improved protection of america's intellectual property in china would add two million jobs a year within the united states every single year. and we do nothing. we allow them to get away with it. who can blame them? i don't blame them at all. if you can get away with it, get away wit. we are going to stop the outflow of jobs from our country and open a new highway of jobs back nto our country. here's how the plan adds up. we are proposing a $4.4 trillion tax cut that will score as a $2.6 trillion under dynamic growth models, which is how taxes should be scored. [applause] this includes the child care plan that we announced the other day. our economic team has further modeled that the growth induced based from trade, energy and regulation reform will shave another $1.8 trillion off of the remaining debt. that leaves around $800 billion. this money can all be saved through simple, commonsense reforms. if we just save one penny of each federal dollar spent on nondefense and none

according to the united states international trade commission, improve protection of america's -- just think of this. improve protection of america's intellectual property in china would add 2 million jobs a year within the united states every single year and we do nothing. we allow them to get away with it. who can blame them? i don't blame them at all. if you can get away with it, they're going to get away with it. we're going to stop the outflow of jobs from our country and open a new highway of jobs back into our country. here's how the plan adds up. we're proposing a $4.4 trillion tax cut that will score as a $2.6 trillion under dynamic growth models which is how taxes should be scored. this includes the child care plan that we announced the other day. our economic team has further modeled that the growth induced savings from trade, energy and regulation reform will shave at least another $1.8 trillion off of the remaining debt. that leaves around $800 billion. this money can all be saved through simple commonsense reforms. if we just save one penny of each federal dollar spent on

according to the united states international trade commission, improved protection of america's -- just think of this. improved protection of america's intellectual property in china would add it 2 million jobs a year within the united states every single year. and we do nothing. we allow them to get away with it. who can blame them? i don't blame them at all. if you can get away with it, they're going to get away with it. we're going to stop the outflow of jobs from our country and open a new highway of jobs back into our country. here's how the plan adds up. we're proposing a $4.4 trillion tax cut that will score as a 2.6 trillion under dynamic growth models. which is how taxes should be scored. [ applause [ this includes the child care plan that we announce the other day. our economic team has further modeled that the growth-induced savings from trade, energy and regulation reform will save at least another $1.8 trillion off of the remaining debt. that leaves around $800 billion. this money can all be saved through simple common sense reforms. if we just save one penny of each federa

the united states commission on religious freedom. you have time to maybe -- if you have time after the session for questions but we should really close at this point. thank you for joining us and for theys really fascinating discussion. thank you. [applause] >> president obama will give his seventh final keynote address at the black caucus foundation dinner tomorrow. hillary clinton will be there receiving the trailblazer award in recognition of being the first presidential nominee of a major party in the u.s. live coverage on c-span at 7:30 p.m. eastern. >> c-span's video app makes it easy to follow the 2016. it is free to download from the apple store. get up to date coverage, pod cast times for our poplar public affairs, books and history programs. stay up to date. c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. >> now former joint chief of staff chair mike mullein and sam young speak about the impact on the u.s. and allies if north korea keeps trying to develop a nuclear weapon. >> good morning, everyone. i am here jud

united states. the united nations commission on refugees decides what refugees come to the united states. not america. they work with the state department in bringing these refugees in. the state department then works with nine federal contractors, 6 out of the 9 are religious charities. and these religious charities are not passing the bucket on sunday morning or saturday morning in the pews to collect the $1 billion price tag it costs to settle these refugees. and we are not even talking welfare. no. they are getting it from the treasury department, from your pocket and my pocket in order to resettle them. so who are these federal contractors. the federal contractors are church world service, ethiopian community development counsel, episcopal migration industries, hebrew immigrant aid society, international rescue committee, u.s. committee for refugees and immigrations, lutheran immigration and refugee services, united states conference of catholic bishops, world relief corporation. so these 6 out of 9 are religious organizations. christians and jews. these federal contractors work with

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according to the united states' international trade commission, improved protection of america's -- think of this. improved protection of america's intellectual property in china would add two million jobs a year within the united states every single year. and we do nothing. we allow them to get away with it. who can blame them? i don't blame them at all. if you can get away with it, get away wit. we are going to stop the outflow of jobs from our country and open a new highway of jobs back into our country. here's how the plan adds up. we are proposing a $4.4 trillion tax cut that will score as a $2.6 trillion under dynamic growth models, which is how taxes should be scored. [applause] this includes the child care plan that we announced the other day. our economic team has further modeled that the growth induced based from trade, energy and regulation reform will shave another $1.8 trillion off of the remaining debt. that leaves around $800 billion. this money can all be saved through simple, commonsense reforms. if we just save one penny of each federal dollar spent on nondefense and non

the consumer product safety commission says in the united states -- the company received 92 reports of batteries overheating. that resulted in 26 reported burns -- and 55 reports of property damage from fires. such a serious fire hazard, i'm urging all consumers, all consumers take advantage of this recall right away." to find out if your phone is part of this recall -- check the back for a code and enter that on samsung's website... you can find a link of where to go on our website -- fox6now dot com, under the "links" section. it's only september -- but u-p-s is already looking ahead to the planning to hire 95-thousand workers ahead of the holiday shopping season. u-p-s says it's looking for package handlers and delivery drivers. pay ranges from 10- to 30-dollars an hour. u-p-s also says about 37-percent of seasonal hires in the last three years have been hired permanently. new developments in the death of bobbi kristina brown... and olivia wilde is calling- out new york subway riders... the details in tonight's buzz. gordon is legally responsible for bobbi kristina brown's death...a

welcome to the first of three debates among the major candidates for president of the united states, sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the candidates are: independent candidate ross perot, governor bill clinton, the democratic nominee, and president george bush, the republican nominee. i am jim lehrer of the macneil-lehrer news hour on pbs, and i will be the moderator for this 90-minute event, which is taking place before an audience in the athletic compon

recall last week, the galaxy note 7 smartphone is under official recall by the united states consumer product safety commissionblamed the phone for sparking fires, including in a florida jeep. the model has also been blamed for the destruction of a south carolina firefighter's garage. the batteries operate at a high voltage and if overcharged the battery can generate a great deal of heat and catch fire. the official recall means the faa may soon ban the phone on planes, already telling passengers the phone must be off at all times due to a safety risk. and as samsung stumbles, apple is soaring ahead of its iphone 7 release with multiple molds sold out. hadley gamble joins us live from london. apple's stock is up and means good times for wall street. >> it does indeed, louis, basically what we've seen over the last 24 hours is customers lining up around the block from japan to australia, even here in london, as well, all hoping to get their hands on the new iphone 7. it's the biggest phone launch for apple in the company's history, but the customers aren't going to get their hands on the iphone 7, they are alre

the consumer product safety commission says in the united states -- samsung received 92 reports of batteries overheating. >> reporter: that resulted in 26 reported burns. and 55 reports of property damage from fires. : "because this product presents such a serious fire hazard, i'm urging all consumers, all consumers take advantage of this recall right away." if you have a galaxy note seven -- look on the back of your phone. there should be a code etched on the bottom. either call samsung or go to samsung dot com and enter the code - to see if your phone is under the recall. chances are --it is. federal regulators say 97 percent of the galaxy note sevens in the united states -- have the faulty battery. : "now it is the time to act." if under recall -- you have a choice. get a replacement phone. or a refund. but it must come from the place you originally bought the phone - your wireless carrier -- a retail outlet -- or samsung. : "we want consumers to act to get these phone out of their hands and have a safe replacement that they can use." i'm mary moloney reporting. >> britteny:: coast with a

according to the united states international trade commission improved protection of america's, just this. improved protection of america's intellectual property in china would add 2 million jobs a year within the united states, every single year. and we do nothing. we allow them to get away with it. who can blame them. i don't blame them at all. if you can get away with it, they're going to get away with it. we're going to stop the outflow of jobs from our country. and open a new highway of jobs back into our country. here's how the plan adds up. we're proposing a $4.4 trillion tax cut that will score as a 2.6 trillion under dynamic growth models, which is how taxes should be scored. [applause] this includes the child care plan that we announced the other day. modeled that the growth induced savings from trade, energy, and regulation reform will shave at least another $1.8 trillion off the remaining debt. that leaves around $800 billion. through simple, common sense reforms. if we just save one penny of each federal dollar spentwmq on non-defense, and non-entitlement programs, we c

. >> yeah, thank you again to the united states commission on international religious freedoms. if you have time to maybe -- i'm sorry. if you have time after the session to maybe stay for questions, but we should really close at this point. thank you for joining us and for this really fascinating discussion. thank you. >> -- which are sort of -- >> you can pick up outside. >>> the national museum of african-american history and culture opens its doors to the public for the first time this saturday. we recently spoke with some african-american members of congress about this newest smithsonian museum. >> 50 years after the passage of the civil rights act, what do you think is the significance of the new african-american museum to the country? >> well, the word that comes to my mind is pride. and appreciation for the african-american experience and the united states of america. >> and to you personally? >> again, pride. i think that the world will be educated about our contributions. i'll be educated about our contributions, and also i think that particularly for african-american

since august commission says in the united states -- samsung received 92 reports of batteries overheating. that resulted in 26 reported burns. and 55 reports of property damage from fires. : "because this product presents such a serious fire hazard, i'm urging all consumers, all consumers take advantage of this recall right away."if you have a galaxy note seven -- look on the back of your phone. there should be a code etched on the bottom. either call samsung or go to samsung dot com and enter the code - to see if your phone is under the recall. chances are --it is. federal regulators say 97 percent of the the new note seven will be in most stores no later than next wednesday. some a girls basketball team poster racist and culturally insensitive. osceola's clarke high school has a poster that shows students dressed up as native americans. a member of the oglala lakota tribe says the poster is culturally insensitive. the superintendent says the poster is a demonstratio n of the school embracing its history. "483501, 01:00:14-01:00:28really out of total respect for not just the community bu

united states to release the videotape of your force-feeding in guantanamo. can you describe what that force-feeding was like for you? like they say in the united states media, human rights, human rights commission right. this is not human rights. never, never. they go to my cell to move me to tube fornd give me a force-feeding. but if you see this video and , how he was with me, this is not human. amy: president obama says he wants to close guantanamo. do you believe that will happen? >> if he wants to close guantanamo, he can. he can now. he can give order to close guantanamo, but he is a coward. he can't make this decision because he is scared. but guantanamo is supposed to closed. should be closed, guantanamo. guantanamo is not good for the united states. never. marriedaughters getting in turkey. an event he had longed to be at. he continues his hunger fast. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i am juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we begin today's show with an explosive new report that reveals the extensive influence of corpor

the consumer product safety commission says in the united states -- samsung received 92 reports of batteries overheating. that resulted in 26 reported burns. and 55 reports of property damage from fires. : "because this product presents such a serious fire hazard, i'm urging all consumers, all consumers take advantage of this recall right away."if you have a galaxy note seven -- look on the back of call samsung or go to samsung dot com and enter the code - to see if your phone is under the recall. chances are --it is. federal regulators say 97 percent of the galaxy note sevens in the united states -- have the faulty battery. : "now it is the time to act."if under recall -- you have a choice. get a replacement phone. or a refund. but it must come from the place you originally bought the phone - your wireless carrier -- a retail outlet -- or samsung. : "we want consumers to act to get these phone out of their hands and have a safe replacement that they can use."i'm moloney reporting. the new note seven will be in most stores no later than next wednesday. hitting the golf course to gain confide

inflamation and stuff. " the nevada state athletic commission says diaz will not be penalized since the incident happened after the fight. but -- he may still be penalized by the united states anti-doping agency and the u-f-c. the official rules state cannabis cannot be used six hours before or after a fight. diaz has never failed a pre or post drug test during his 12-year fighting career. former n-f-l quarterback tim tebow is joining the minor leagues. a contract with the new york mets. the 29-year-old will start his professional baseball career as an outfielder. tebow's contract with the mets includes a 100- thousand dollar signing bonus. tebow won the 2007 heisman trophy at the university of florida. during his n-f-l career... tebow played for the broncos, jets, patriots and eagles. the n-f-l regular season kicked off last night with the denver broncos and carolina panthers. and it was a close one... but denver came out on top.. panthers 21 to 20. many people put money on the game at local sportsbooks. the wynn sports book director -- johnny avello -- says the panthers were a three-point favorite. "peyton manning is probably worth about 6 points. so that shows flu

states get what we need through existing networks including the united states elections assistance commission and the national institute of standards and technology which already identify the counter testing certification. in most standards needed to reveal science of tampering. there is a role for congress in. this most states purchase the voting machines using federal dollars, back in 2005. but there is bill interest on the hill when it comes to helping replace our aging systems. i suggest you revisit hava and see how an investment and voting technology can benefit our nation in the long yun. in the meantime, we received a sobering wakeup call on cyber attacks. states will continue to take a pro active approach to secure our election systems and i want to assure every american and i speak for all of my colleagues and secretary of states association that next president will be determined by vote of the people and every vote will count. thank you for allowing me and my comments. >> thank you. mr. becker? >> good morning. thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member johnson for the opportunity t

one reason i have been so confident the commission would do the right thing is we can get there organically through the 15% and 76% of people in the united states want us on the debate stage. [applause] mr. weld: the function of the commission is supposed to be education of the public. they are a tax-exempt nonprofit. if they are not avoiding partisan positions, they will lose tax exemption and i think they understand that. i thought they would clearly do the right thing. if they don't, i think there will be something of a national uproar and people will be outraged that the fix is in. [applause] mr. weld: so i have been thinking ahead in my mind about what would happen if that did happen and they did the wrong thing. i think they would be tarred and feathered and run out of time -- run out of town on a rail figuratively speaking in the press. every day that the system is shut down and full discourse is not allowed is a day the national media can comment on that. the reason without the debates were so it essential is that will be saturation media coverage of the candidacy every day between september 26 and november 8. there is a national of her

alone, just alone would add millions of new american jobs, according to the united states international trade commissi commission. just think of this, improved protection of america's intellectual property in china would add two million jobs a year within the united states every single year and we do nothing. we allow them to get away with it. who can blame them? i don't blame them at all. if you can get away with it, they'll get away with it. we're going to stop the outflow of jobs from our country and open a new highway of jobs back into our country. here's how the plan adds up. we're proposed a $4.4 trillion tax cut that will score as a $2.6 trillion under dynamic growth models. which is how taxes should be scored. [ applause ] this includes the child care plan we announced the other day. our economic team has further modeled that the growth-induced savings from trade energy and regulation reform will shave at least another $1.8 trillion off of the remaining debt. that leaves around $800 billion. this money can all be saved through simple common sense reforms. if we just save one penny of each federal dollar

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intelligence and security, an office with -- i don't know if this translates in the united states, but the royal commission looks at everything and everything we are doing as they are doing it, or to look b ack. that is a process that works very well to regulate and understand the activities of asis. so, my answer really is the same as my three colleagues. the only difference in respect of john's answer is i don't have the right to a waiver for a period of time. there's no room for me to maneuver there, even for a pre eriod at all. >> i think we have time for one more quick question. why do we go back there. i think there is a hand up. kelly, nprary louise . thank you for taking questions. minas for the three intelligence chiefs on stage. as you know, u.s. officials, including director brendan, say that edward snowden's disclosures have greatly harmed the u.s. national security because they have damaged trust and relations between u.s. intelligence services and their foreign counterparts? my question to you three is, is that true? do you share less with the united states then you once did? [laughter] >> i

inspector of intelligence and don'tty, and office -- i know if it translates in the united states, but the royal commission to look at anything and everything we are doing as we are doing it or to look back. that is the process that works very well to regulate and oferstand the committees asis. so mine is the same of my three the differences with john, i do not have the right to waiver for any time. there is no room for me to maneuver in even for a short time at all. >> with time for one more question. back there, a hand up. right there. louise kelly, npr. thank you for taking questions. chiefs onintelligence stage, as you will know, u.s. officials including director brendan say that edward snowden's disclosure has greatly harm the u.s. national security because they damaged trust and relations between u.s. intelligence services and their foreign counterparts. my question is do you three, is that true? do you share less with the united states plan you once did? -- then you once did? laughter] >> i understand we always go one question too far. real issue for us has been the effect it has had australiaf trus

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commission. georgia. in the united states we have 9,000 polling places across the country.y systems. we know how vulnerable every computer generated piece of information is. this is why there's so much concern now about what the russians might do next. >> all right. let's take the dnc hacks first. the public officials, american officials are saying they think it's russian hacks -- rugs behind it. but they haven't laid out a trail of evidence yet. the fbi is still investigating. what do you think? do you think it was the russians? >> i think there's no doubt that it was russians and it's not just the dnc. the russians also almost certainly have all 60,000 of hillary clinton's e-mails. half of which you will recall she turned over. another 15,000 the fbi found. >> jim comey and the fbi said there was evidence that people tried to hack her e-mails but there's no evidence that they got in. now, they can reverse trace those things. why would you -- are you so sure that they have her e-mails? >> it's much easier to reverse and determine if somebody has been hacked if it actually

minister of foreign affairs and we launched together the strategic cooperation commission between ukraine and the united statesand i can confirm that she's very well informed and deeplied are di for the old development of the situation in ukraiyou -- deeply ready for the development of the situation in ukraine. >> and you have refused to meet with donald trump -- >> first of all a that is not the refusal, but it is a protocol matter, and as far as i understand that the schedule was so stressed that we should find out the reason of that. >> and we were told that your office approached the trump campaign, and you nef heard back from them? >> well, we demonstrated that we were ready to meet and we don't have -- they have a dialogue, but they don't find the place and the schedule before they the have acceptable for both of us, because i can inform them in the last two and a half days, i meet with the 22 head of states and the prime minister. >> do you think that he is avoiding you? >> i don't think so. >> and let me ask you, trump has said a few things that have taken some people, and many experts by surprise. he

my name is thomas hicks and i'm chairman of the united states election assistance commission, or eac. the eac is a four-member bipartisan commission, the eac's mission is to guide, assist and direct the through through funding, guidance and information. the eac was charged with three duties. one, develop and administer a voting machine testing and certification program. two, develop and administer a national clearinghouse for election administration information. and three, distribute harvard grants to states -- the eac has carried its charge. 47 of 50 states use eac's voluntary voting machine testing, certification program in part or in whole. we produce the most comprehensive election administration survey in the country and produce volumes and materials helped design administer tors run their elections more effectively and efficiently. among other things these materials help the states understand and react to the current cyber security threats against their voting systems. state and local election officials run the elections and we support them. i'm here today to testify on three it

welcome to the first of three debates among the major candidates for president of the united states, sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the candidates are: independent candidate ross perot, governor bill clinton, the democratic nominee, and president george bush, the republican nominee. i am jim lehrer of the macneil-lehrer news hour on pbs, and i will be the moderator for this 90-minute 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 two 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 two minutes to answer, to be followed by rebut

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him to the first of three debates among the major candidates for president of the united states, spas but the commission on presidents. the candidates are independent candidate ross perot, governor bill clinton, the democratic not -- democratic nominee, and george bush, the republican nominee. i will be the moderator for this 90 minute event, which is taking place before naughty and's here in the f let a complex on the campus of washington university in st. louis, missouri. three journalists will be asking questions. they are john of the boston globe, and competition an of abc news, and sander van ocher -- andcompton of abc news, sander -- that contains no restrictions on the content or subject matter of the questions. up toandidate will have two 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 two minutes to answer to be followed by a rebuttals of one minute each by governor clinton and then president bush. good evening. the first topic tonight is what separates each of you from the other? pero

samsung galaxy smartphones catching fire, 90 reported cases in the united states and that is why the consumer product safety commissionrecall yesterday of these phones, 1 million in the united states, and by september 21st, it could cost samsung something like $5 billion. samsung globally had 22% of the smart phone, apple has 11.8%, and the first day of delivery, we were there when the door opened on fifth avenue in manhattan, people were in line and to the cheers of apple store employees come a lot of excitement but in years past, the lines were much longer. people ordered their phones and time to pick up their phone like a reservation in a restaurant. iphone 7 still available, you won't get the jet black model. neil: people have to wait until november or december, thank you very much. apple had a big run on this, samsung's problem up 12%, charles payne on what that means and what that is telling you. charles: it is great news for apple. apple has gone nuts. the schematic sauna, revolutionary, the offense of lines, this is mana from heaven for apple. neil: apple is surprised. charles: who knew? neil: that is what did