for two years i was the chaplain at the university of arizona. we rent the newman center and have a number of these throughout the west coast. one in standford, one at the university of utah, oregon and washington. we do a lot of this, especially with college aged students. i've been blessed throughout my priesthood to work with a lot of people. >> my wife is a college professor and deals with 18-year-old and 19-year-old mind and it keeps her very young. >> at st. dominic's we have a very strong young adult presence. our mailing list is thousands every week and so the consistency of those who were catholic to know that you are not alone, most folks feel like they are cut off. not just from others but cut off from others who really believe. so the ministry is gathering together, allowing people who are young to give the permission to each other that i can live my faith boldly. in a time when there are so many ways that divide us, they pray together, they gathered together to have fun together and also be formed together. this particular past of thi

i was at the university of arizona a couple of days ago meeting with students. they are really excited. some of these are first-time voters. they know that the next president is going to have an effect on their lives much longer than the rest of us, then you, then me, then seniors. the issues that they care about. climate change being one of them. women's reproductive rights being another. the economy. and kamala harris has a plan, like a real solid plan to bring down the cost of housing increase hey, help with the price of healthcare, and education. donald trump has nothing. i mean, he literally does not -- he can't even say he has a plan. all he says is he has a concept of a plan. i don't even understand what that is. >> it's been many years of all of us thinking about healthcare, but he's got a concept of a plan. senator, good to see you. thanks for joining us this morning. the democratic senator mark kelly of arizona. >>> still ahead, i bring you a conversation with voters in the swing state of arizona. they have different motivations to votes, but they all

of the season for the arizona wildcats the outside the stadium. thousands of lake whose students and their families are gathering the huge tailgate parties. a positive american college recruitment condition. the university of arizona is farming on the grill and having a bone. i mean state law. republicans try to fight this festive mines on politics. you know, we're all about, you know, getting young people develop, getting young republicans out to the, you know, use the economy. yeah. more important than anything else. yes. that's why i will be voting for donald trump here in november next month. almost 41000000 members of gen z will be eligible to vote. all you guys kind of, i didn't know if i'm the president. yeah, yeah, definitely. oh yes. yeah, definitely. yeah. for sure. yeah, there's that the board and everything. are you going to buy your november? i haven't decided yet. a 1000000 voters have come of age since the 2020 to mid terms. recruiting these young americans will be crucial for whoever wins the white house. so have you decided? are you going rightful? honestly, the ultimately it'll come down with the last minute of why vote for i'm really not sure. do you know you're going to like, i do kn

of the season for the arizona while the outside the stadium, thousands of lake whose students and their families are gathering the huge tailgate parties, a positive american college boot and condition. the university of arizona is farming on the grill and having a bone it meets the republicans try to focus festive minds on politics. you know, we're all about, you know, getting young people develop, getting young republicans out to the, you know, use the economy. yeah. more important than anything else. yes. that's why i will be voting for donald trump here in november next month. almost 41000000 members of gen z will be eligible to vote. all you guys kind of, i didn't know if i'm the president. yeah, yeah, definitely. oh yes. yeah, definitely. yeah. for sure. yeah, but the board and everything. are you going to buy your november. 0 i haven't decided yet. a 1000000 voters have come of age since the 2020 to mid terms. recruiting these young americans will be crucial for whoever wins the white house. so have you decided? are you going rightful? honestly, the ultimately it'll come down with the last minute of why vote for i'm really not sure. do you know you're going to like, i do know. i yeah, i do.

of course. and caitriona, you're in arizona. tell us what you've been seeing there. yes, lam here in tucson, arizona, as we're speaking, i'm actually in the student union centre of the university of arizona, tucson campus, where i've been speaking to students. this is part of our voter voices series, sumi, that you and i have been doing it and other colleagues will be doing as well, just taking the temperature of voters in these key swing states sometimes vote republicans, sometimes vote democrat just to see are the polls right, do they feel like that on the ground and what issues are driving people? and i can say, i've been here now for three days, and it would feel as close as the polls say it is. you meet a harris voter, you quickly meet a trump voter. you meet a trump voter. and of course, in this state, in arizona, there are slightly more registered republican voters than democrats. but there are three in ten voters who consider themselves to be independent. so that's quite a big chunk of people who, you know, go between different candidates for different races as well. i've spoken to a lot of people who feel like they're going to vote one way for the president and then v

of the season for the arizona while the outside the stadium, thousands of lake whose students and their families are gathering the huge tailgate parties. a positive american college footman condition. the university of arizona is farming on the grill and having a bone. i mean state law. republicans try to focus festive mines on politics. you know, we're all about, you know, getting young people develop, getting young republicans out to the, you know, use the economy. yeah. more important than anything else. yes. that's why i will be voting for donald trump here in november next month. almost 41000000 members of gen z will be eligible to vote. all you guys kind of, i didn't know if i'm the president. yeah, yeah, definitely. oh yes. yeah, definitely. yeah. for sure. yeah, there's that the board and everything. are you going to buy your november. 0 i haven't decided yet. a 1000000 voters have come of age since the 2020 to mid terms . recruiting these young americans will be crucial for whoever wins the white house . so have you decided? are you going rightful? honestly, the ultimately it'll come down to the last minute of why vote for i'm really not sure. do you know you're going to like, oh, i do k

i've been speaking to a student here at the university of arizona, and this is what she said.ing that comes - this is what she said. the first thing that comes to l this is what she said. tue: first thing that comes to mind is gun violence and notjust by the university campus, but across the cloak, so it is something that is close to home. �* , ., ., ., home. beyond that, we are here in arizona. _ home. beyond that, we are here in arizona, and _ home. beyond that, we are here in arizona, and you _ home. beyond that, we are here in arizona, and you are - home. beyond that, we are here in arizona, and you are looking l in arizona, and you are looking ahead to your career, so there are other issues going through your mind?— are other issues going through our mind? ., ., ., your mind? immigration, and the thins we your mind? immigration, and the things we are _ your mind? immigration, and the things we are seeing _ your mind? immigration, and the things we are seeing on - your mind? immigration, and the things we are seeing on the - things we are seeing on the line in this electio

and that's i mean, we saw barack obama at the university of arizona tucson campus last week, really, you know, trying hard. and they're going after students a lot, especially in those battleground states where the margins were so tiny the last time. so that's one category of people who, you know, aren't a monolith, will vote in all kinds of directions, may vote for third party candidates, may vote forjill stein in some places. actually, i'm hearing that quite a lot, caitriona. are you? i am hearing young people say they are fed up with the whole system. absolutely. and so that's one category. and the second category then are republican women who will not tell a pollster will not tell anyone in their family, won't tell their priest, their pastor will take it to their grave, but who will vote for kamala harris. and that is a completely unknown known element that again, can't be captured by anyone. but i think the harris campaign are really relying on those people being the ones that will carry her over the line. yeah, caitriona, that's a really interesting point. and i think that's whe

dream come true to move to arizona 20 years ago with our then infant daughter to teach at the university of arizona. i'm proud to call arizona my home. i first ran for office as a mom fighting for funding for our schools. elected three times to arizona legislature i thought for the freedom for women to make their own reproductive health care decisions. to fight to lower prices. to secure our water future and work as a bipartisan basis for a thriving economy. now i am running for congress. i think representative ciscomani and i agree congress has been run by extremists. it has been the most dysfunctional congress in modern history. congress has not been able to pass a budget much less pave our roads or protect our troops. where we disagree is i believe mr. ciscomani is part of that dysfunction. he has sided with the extremist over and over again to raise costs, to restrict abortion access and even to reject a bipartisan border deal to secure the border. i have a 19-year-old daughter and 88-year-old father. i am running to restore her freedom and protect social security and medicare for him. not just

letters by jefferson and madison preserve the context of which the federalist essays were written and also how they were received. >> arizona state universityrofessor colleen sheehan, what was the role of the bill of rights in the federalist papers? >> first of all, i have to mention that arizona state university and the school of civic and economic thought and leadership also has a first edition of the federalist papers. it is a real treasure here at our university. what is the role of the bill of rights and the federalist papers? basically, publius and is why we do not need a bill of rights. both hamilton and madison argue we do not need a bill of rights. the anti-federalist our argument for it -- the anti-federalist are arguing for it. the reason he said we do not need a bill of rights is because the american government is different from the british government. in the british model, the government granted rights to the people gradually. think of magna carta. the american government is very different. government does not grant rights to the people. the people delegate powers to the government. the people are sovereign. and so madison was

rubenstein studio in weta in washington and by the walter cronkite school of jumpism at arizona state university journalism at arizona state university. wow, you get to watch all your favorite stuff. it's to die for. now you won't miss a thing. this is the way. xfinity internet. made for streaming. >> we are now just weeks from election day, with early voting underway, come alaris and donald trump are battling it out for additional style over airwaves and on the trail, but with a twist. tonight, a deep dive on their strategies and the campaign -- in the campaign's final weeks, next. >> this is washingtonweek with the atlantic. corporate funding provided by -- >> consume your cellular -- co

and last but not least, joining us virtually is a doctoral researcher at the university of arizona school of geography, development and environment. she is also studying food system transformation in communities across the americas. the study food security politics in guatemala. her research in guatemala focuses on change in food security programs which stems from the increasing challenges of climate change and staggering malnutrition rates. she's written about positive trends in food security politics as well as the limitation of -- and other proposals to discuss food scarcity and climate change. so thanks for joining us. now we will start with the panel. as i discussed in prior communication with all the panelists, but i will do is ask each one of them a question and respond within a limited time, and this will be a conversation. so let me start with the open question which you can just respond in one or two minutes, each of you. let me start with you, rachel. not rachel, sorry. with carrie, and then i will come here. we all have motivations in their work and in our career. so this is a

serves under the biden administration, so both of them have voiced their support for the harris campaign. host: thom reilly joining us from arizona state university for this discussion. this is barry up next. in new jersey, a supporter of the harris-walz ticket. ahead. caller: thank you, c-span. these border states, what concerns me is that the amount of legislation that has been brought to the floor of the house that has not been acted on. in 2013 the senate approved a border bill that was approved 68-32 in the senate. they delivered it to john boehner, and john boehner refused to bring it to the floor. again, in february 2024 the senate put together a bill to fund, correcting the border issues, but donald trump again said that the republicans want to maintain this as an issue for the election. in the most recent border bill that was approved they had a provision for these fentanyl sensors. apparently these sensors are sitting in a warehouse someplace but cannot be used because they have not been validated. the money was put in the latest bill to do that. my question is, why hasn't this been elevated to public discussion in states like arizona a

, let's cause i've been now 2 stephen neil perez, he's a professor of politics and international affairs at northern arizona university. great to have you with us as both candidates, a heading west to arizona, new mexico and nevada states with a lot of hispanic vases. that alone tells us they pretty import statement. but how important to the result of this selection ave is not critical. not only in the south west, but mostly because in the south west, like places like arizona where phoenix is where the largest portion of the portion of hispanics live. about half of finance, which is the largest city in arizona, is, is hispanic. and the similar to, to arizona, nevada, las vegas is, is the largest city by far. i'm and where the population center is in nevada and there's a lot of hispanics there. so in spanish are extremely important. there's about 18000000 hispanics that we're expecting to vote in this in this next election. so joe biden, donald trump in 2020 by just 10000 votes or 10490 votes. and so any, any movement by science is going to be very consequential in selection. so steven, as a cynic, sometimes i say emot

the studio at weta in washington and from the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityna: krairs are -- kamala harris and donald trump are making their case. this is part of the deep dive into the policies this election. so you reported recently about the candidates' approach on abortion access and broader health care policies and start with vice president harris, what are her key plans on health care? >> some of her proposals are to build on the inflation reduction act and renew the affordable care act subsidies that are expiring in 2025 and expand access to birth control pills. she wants to expand that $35 cap on insulin that she and biden passed and extend it to all americans and wants to cap every american prescription drug costs at $2,000 a year and it only applies now to medicare recipients and should be at-home care benefit covered by medicare. >> currently, if you need home care and you don't have some money to hire someone, you and your family need to deplete your savings to qualify for help. that is not right. so we are going to change the approach and allow m

hour from our studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university helene made landfall in florida, but it is towns across western north carolina hundreds of miles from the coast and thousands of feet above sea level that has seen some of the worst destruction. communities once considered climate havens are facing a harsh reality. there may be no such thing. we have more. >> asheville, which is temperate, inland, nestled in the hills with lots of fresh water, ranks high on so-called climate safe cities. but some are skeptical of the idea that in a community is outside the reach of climate change. this storm has driven that point home in the worst way possible. we are joined by a climate expert. he writes a newsletter. so good to have you. asheville four years has had a reputation as a haven, a place he could go to live a safe life. insulated in some way from climate change. what does the storm tell us about that conceit? >> it tells us a few things. first, nowhere is totally safe. second, while there are places that are relatively safe compared to ot

rubinstein studio from weta and from the walter cronkite school of journalism from the arizona state universityhe push and pull of the u.s.-israel relationship was on full display today as the u.s. warned israel it could cut off arm shipments unless israel allows more aid into gaza. israel and the u.s. appear to be in sync on how israel will respond to iran after the missile attack. >> u.s. officials are increasingly worried about human -- humanitia. >> 400,000 gaza. -- gagsans have been helped. the u.s. said aid delivery has fallen 50% from its peek. antony blinken and lloyd austin sent a letter to their counterpart with a long list of demands including enable 350 trucks per day into gaza. the number is a fraction of that. humanitarian pauses for the next few months. allow the displaced on the beach to move inland before the winter. and to reaffirm there's no policy of forced evacuation from northern gaza. they point out that u.s. law requires the administration to quote prevent weapon sales if they think that they are blocking u.s. aid into gaza. here's matt miller. matt: we know that it's po

studio at weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university tossup races in two of the country's bluest states could swing control of the house of representatives next year. lisa explores the unusual dynamics playing out in one of those states, new york. lisa: the temperatures are dropping in new york's hudson valley. it is campaign season. and in a parking lot, a group of republicans finish their coffee and get ready to fan out. >> thank you, everybody for coming today. lisa: bonnie with the local gop is organizing this door-to-door effort centered on a bright red area in a deep blue county. >> throughout the state, new york republicans and conservatives are fighting very hard. lisa: how republicans do here and in other democratic strongholds will likely determine who controls the house of representatives. for democrats to retake the chamber, they need to gain just four seats nationally. in the two biggest blue states, california and new york, there are nine highly competitive house races where democrats could flip a republican seat. that inc

rubenstein studio at weta in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityn northern gaza, it was another day of mass death, with israeli airstrikes killing at least 88 people, including many children, as the israel defense forces continue ground operations there. hospitals were flooded with injured and doctors have few, if any, supplies to treat the wounded. hundreds of thousands remain trapped and no substantial food or aid has been allowed into the area for weeks. that's as israel's parliament passed two measures that effectively outlaw the u.n. agency charged with aiding palestinians. here's nick schifrin. and a caution: images in this story are disturbing. nick: underneath buildings that have become carcasses, lives end in canvas shrouds or wrapped in carpets. today in beit lahia, the bodies lay side by side across the street from what used to be a single apartment block destroyed by an israeli airstrike. residents said there was no warning for the men buried under the rubble, for the girl burned trying to escape. there are no emergency workers left, so

host: we continue our look at arizona with thom reilly of arizona state university. he is codirector for the center for sustainable deac

and last but not least, joining us virtually is a doctoral researcher at the university of arizona schoolf geography, development and environment. she is also studying food system transformation in communities across the americas. the study food security politics in guatemala. her research in guatemala focuses on change in food security programs which stems from the increasing challenges of climate change and staggering malnutrition rates. she's written about positive trends in food security politics as well as the limitation of -- and other proposals to discuss food scarcity and climate change. so thanks for joining us. now we will start with the panel. as i discussed in prior communication with all the panelists, but i will do is ask each one of them a question and respond within a limited time, and this will be a conversation. so let me start with the open question which you can just respond in one or two minutes, each of you. let me start with you, rachel. not rachel, sorry. with carrie, and then i will come here. we all have motivations in their work and in our career. so this is a q

rubinstein and from the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityay more chaos an carnage in southern gaza as israeli air strikes near don killed 38 palestinians including 18 children. in northern gaza the u.n. said israeli soldiers raided the final working hospital there. it's in the middle of an area where israeli forces had been operating for the last three weeks saying hamas had regrouped there. today's raid and what the u.s. and u.n. called extremely limited you maintain aid have created a political crisis. nick shiffrin's report begins inside the hospital and a warning, some of the images in this story are disturbing. nick: it is supposed to be the home of healing. but its director warns it's become ago mass grave. a mother lies with her son who died in the hospital because its staff didn't have enough supplies to save him. many of the patients have wounds too graphic to show. many of the wounded waged by adults are children. who are being treated without anesthesia. these days the hospital is overwhelm. by 150 and 200 patients. one of the wou

rubenstein studio at weta in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university.s. intelligence community is warning that russia and iran are planning to stoke filings from election day through inauguration and between now and the election, those countries plus china will intestine -- intensify interference. that is just one of myriad efforts underway to undermine the already fraud election here. for perspective on all this we turn now to graham brooky, and the founding director of the digital forensic research lab. thanks for being with us. russia, iran and china have conducted influence operations for years. how significant is it that the intel community is now warning that russia and iran are set to stoke filings between the election day and inauguration? >> as you've said, all of those state adversaries that you just mentioned had been conducting interference operations for years and years and years, including the past election. the intelligence community has done a good job preemptively putting out these assessments. at the 90 day period, the 60 day period a

studio at weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityformer president donald trump's election interference case continues to make its way through a d.c. court, some legal analysts are questioning the justice department's handling of the case. after a federal judge this month unseal debris from jack smith containing new evidence in the case, a debate has focused on why the doj allow the collection of evidence to be released so close to election day. with some arguing it could influence the presidential race. one of those scholars is jack goldsmith, whose essay in on the new york times is titled jack smith owes us an exhalation. goldsmith is a former assistant attorney general and the george w. bush administration and now professor at harvard law. we spoke with him yesterday. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> when you say jack smith owes us an exhalation, you take issue with the timing of his breed. what do you say to those who argued that the special counsel was simply complying with the rules that the judge laid out?

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and from the west at the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university.iddle east. israel tonight says it targeted a hamas commander in the west bank, killing at least 14 people, air strikes are rarely used by israel in the west bank. israeli forces today also kept up their punishing attacks across southern lebanon, and in the capital beirut -- where tonight israel reportedly targeted the successor to hassan nasrallah. the hezbollah leader killed last friday. more broadly, hundreds of civilians, including dozens of children, have now been killed in lebanon. as special correspondent leila molana-allen reports from beirut, residents now feel nowhere is safe. correspondent: among the things this war is taken from lebanon's people, the ability to sleep. each night across the country an anxious wait, weighing whether to open a window so they will not smash when the pressure of a nearby explosion or shut them to stop the noxious fumes from getting in. last night beirut residents did not have to wait long. just after midnight i solution and three hollow banks. o

dream come true to move to arizona 20 years ago with our then infant daughter to teach at the university of arizonai'm proud to call arizona my home. i first ran for office as a mom fighting for funding for our schools. elected three times to arizona legislature i thought for the freedom for women to make their own reproductive health care decisions. to fight to lower prices. to secure our water future and work as a bipartisan basis for a thriving economy. now i am running for congress. i think representative ciscomani and i agree congress has been run by extremists. it has been the most dysfunctional congress in modern history. congress has not been able to pass a budget much less pave our roads or protect our troops. where we disagree is i believe mr. ciscomani is part of that dysfunction. he has sided with the extremist over and over again to raise costs, to restrict abortion access and even to reject a bipartisan border deal to secure the border. i have a 19-year-old daughter and 88-year-old father. i am running to restore her freedom and protect social security and medicare for him. not just f

pbs news hour from our studio in washington and from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityas been another day of widening war in lebanon. israeli troops fired again on un positions, wounding two. idf troops also fired on lebanese armed forces. leaders in france, germany, and italy issued complaints. president biden said he asked israel to stop the attacks. as our reporter reports, the most severe israeli strike was overnight on central beirut. reporter: all through the night, sirens. acrid smoke. the bitter smell of fire. last night, at least two israeli airstrikes hit the very heart of beirut without warning. in a busy residential area that most believed was off-limits. the lebanese are fast learning that nowhere is safe. a grandmother has lived here for 40 years. she thought last night was her last. >> i was sitting at home watching television when i suddenly saw something like a meteor. then it exploded. i thought i was going to die. reporter: walking down this familiar streets, seeing her local groceries perch -- fresh vegetables now covered in dust, she could not belie

studio from weta in washington and in the west, from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityt three weeks to go until election day, the presidential race is still in a dead heat, with both campaigns looking to cut into their opponent's margins. for more on their strategies and policies, i'm joined now by our politics monday duo. that is amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter and tamara keith of npr. great to see you both. let's take a quick look and set the stage. two new national polls to talk about, the first from nbc news, you see harris at 48% and trump with 48%. the second is from abc news and 's has 49%, trump with 47%. that is within the margin of error. a close race getting closer. >> it does feel that way. if you think about where we were say in september, and of -- at the end of september, it had been a pretty momentous few weeks for kamala harris. she gets the nomination. the base rallies around her quickly and we go to the dnc. she has a successful debate. but that momentum has since, i don't know whether the word is plateaued or hit a wall and th

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of arizona. he is a professor at arizona state university. going to talk about the evolution of the state politically. later on in the program we will dig into the latest on opinion polling with political analyst and pollster michael o'neil. those conversations coming up on our battleground series one "washington journal" continues. >> one of the tightest races for control of congress in modern political history, stay ahead with c-span's comprehensive coverage of key state debates. this fall c-span brings you access to the top house in governor debates from across the country. debates from races that are stating -- shaping your state's future and the balance of power in washington. follow our 2024 coverage anytime online at c-span.org/campaign. and be sure to watch tuesday, november 5, for live, real-time election night results. c-span. your unfiltered view of politics. powered by cable. >> if you ever miss any of c-span's coverage you can find it anytime online at c-span.org. deals of key hearings, debates, and other events future markers th

david and ruben sign studio iw eta in washington and from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universitypull of the u.s.-israel relationship was on full display today as the u.s. warned israel it could cut off arms shipments unless they allow more aid into gaza. israel and the u.s. appear to be in sync on how they will strike iran and response to its recent ballistic missile attack. nick schifrin this year with more on this. nick: u.s. officials are increasingly worried about humanitarian conditions in gaza since israel launched a new operation in the last two weeks. the u.s. said some 400,000 gazans have been trapped by intense airstrikes and ground operations, only dozens of trucks have entered since october 1. the u.s. says a delivery overall has fallen 50% from its peak. so, secretary of state antony blinken and secretary of defense lloyd austin sent a letter to their counterparts with a long list of demands, including enable 350 trucks per day into gaza. the number right now is a fraction of that. an act humanitarian pauses for the next four months. allow the displaced currently she

the david m rubenstein studio in washington and from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityoff: boeing is no closer to ending its six-week-old strike after its latest contract offer was rejected by workers last night by a stunning margin. the results of that vote came just hours after the company announced a huge quarterly loss, and acknowledged it has a long way to go to earn back customers' trust. stephanie sy has our report. stephanie: the latest attempt to end a six week strike didn't end well for boeing. >> today, members voted to reject the company's latest offer by 64%. 64%! stephanie: an overwhelming result that keeps 33,000 factory workers on the picket lines in washington, oregon and california. after last night's vote, the president of the local union vowed to keep putting the pressure on boeing. >> we will stand for the demands that our members need to get a contract they can respect, that shows the respect they deserve. there is much more work to do. stephanie: if the deal had passed, it would have given workers a 35% wage increase over four years as well as a $

rubenstein studio at weta in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityin the final days of this election, both presidential candidates are trying to win over older voters with their plans for entitlement programs like social security and medicare, which provide financial protections to retired and disabled americans. but social security, a program that's long been popular with both parties, is at risk of being depleted as soon as 2034, and medicare will be insolvent by 2036. leaving families without critical financial support. as part of our in-depth coverage of the candidates' promises and policies, lisa desjardins is here to walk us through how both campaigns say they'll tackle the issue. good to see you. let's start with the stakes. if these programs to become insolvent who is at risk? lisa: a massive group of people. before social security and medicare were in place together, 35% of american seniors lived in poverty. that number is more like 10% now. if congress and the white house do anything, social security will see 20% cuts within the next decade

rubenstein studio at weta in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityn voting started in the battleground state of north carolina today, a reminder that election day is just around the corner. both candidates are trying to broaden their appeal to different groups of voters in these crucial final days. we begin tonight in wisconsin, where vice president harris's campaign schedule was briefly interrupted by news out of the middle east. lisa desjardins has our coverage. >> today israel confirmed that yahya sinwar is dead. laura: vice president harris spoke on the sidelines of a stop in milwaukee today after israel announced it had killed the head of hamas. >> this moment gives us an opportunity to finally end the war in gaza. and it must end such that israel is secure. the hostages are released. the suffering in gaza ends. and the palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security, freedom, and self-determination. laura: this comes on the heels of a contentious fox news appearance last night. the interview was heated from the start, when harri

. >> the former president is scheduled to speak here on the campus of arizona state university around 5:00 p.m. eastern time. once he has done with that he is going to fly to las vegas where he has another campaign event tonight and another battleground state. the battleground states, his biggest priority right now with less than two weeks ago. >> sandra: not slowing down with 12 days to go that is for sure. thank you. >> john: we are also hearing directly from vanessa gwen's sister about the controversial piece in the atlantic. while the author is sticking to his story chief correspondent jonathan hunt live in los angeles is dissecting it all. what did you find out? >> there are two major themes to the story. what former president trump may or may not have said and done with regards to a veterans funeral and standards of journalism in this election season. here's the backstory. army private vanessa guillen daughter of mexican immigrants was murdered at fort hood and 2020. then he met with guillen's family in july of 2020 and promised to help pay for the funeral costs. now a new artic

. >> former president trump is scheduled to speak here on the campus of arizona state university at around 5:00 p.m. eastern time. a little note for you guys, since we got into town here in arizona yesterday you flip on the tv, every single commercial break on every channel non-stop campaign ads of trump and harris attacking each other. i kid you not. every commercial break. seeing it more in arizona than any other state so far. a true battleground state. both campaigns know they have to have it. >> bill: you wonder what and if it breaks through. thank you before the sun comes up in arizona. >> dana: vice president harris appearing to abandon the message of joy focusing on her closing argument to voters by villainizing former president trump. she will rally in georgia tonight with the boss. >> it's not just that vice president harris has abandoned a message of joy. her closing argument that we're getting day after day has very little to do with her or her policy proposals. it is almost entirely just an argument that she is best because she is not donald trump. >> you quoted general milley

and last but not least, joining us virtually is a doctoral researcher at the university of arizona school of geography, development and environment. she is also studying food system transformation in communities across the americas. the study food security politics in guatemala. her research in guatemala focuses on change in food security programs which stems from the increasing challenges of climate change and staggering malnutrition rates. she's written about positive trends in food security politics as well as the limitation of -- and other proposals to discuss food scarcity and climate change. so thanks for joining us. now we will start with the panel. as i discussed in prior communication with all the panelists, but i will do is ask each one of them a question and respond within a limited time, and this will be a conversation. so let me start with the open question which you can just respond in one or two minutes, each of you. let me start with you, rachel. not rachel, sorry. with carrie, and then i will come here. we all have motivations in their work and in our career. so this is a