vance rent congressman mcallister joins us. in 45 second, what do you think is an appropriate response here? >> well, let me say thanks for all of you joining in tonight. i know you could be watching something like "dancing with the stars," but you're watching us. so let's get straight to it. i'm congressman vance mcallister. if you don't know who i am, god bless you i'd love neat you. i've been to the briefings and seen what's coming out of affairs. we're doing what we can. the c.d.c. should have done better and could have done better, but it's not a complete outbreak and we're doing everything we can to control it. the problem is right now with the funding, secretary kerry just asked the other day for a billion dollars redirected funds to it. we looked to the c.d. crfrpblts and some of the things going on, it's ridiculous some of the things the government is doing. we have to control -- we're funding $2.9 million to find out why lesbians are obese or why elderly are not joining a championship. i can list on and on. 64,000 gra

[video clip] vance mcallister's personal issues are well-known. what is less known is how liberal he has been in washington. he voted for about -- for government that raise taxes and increased spending. these as they are passed repealing obamacare. the more you know, the worse it gets. another example of outside money in the election. in this case that obamacare is not being used in the same way as it typically is used. this is a very conservative group attacking an incumbent republican expanding medicaid. this is a fascinating race on multiple fronts, but especially because you have vance mcallister running against another republican for the seat, meaning that the voters who essentially decided the race were democrats in the special election. so, mcallister, in pledging to , he wasedicaid support cleverly going after democratic voters to win the election. is the club for growth trying to hammer him for that, thinking that this race will that theydeeper or can use it as an effective line of attack in the november election. going back to the issue

i'm congressman vance mcallister. if you don't know who i am, god bless you. would love to meet you. i have seen what is coming out. the cdc should have done better. they could have done better. it is not a complete outbreak yet and we are doing everything we can to make sure to control it. the problem right now is with funding. secretary kerry asked for $1 billion of redirected funds to it. things the cdc and some are going on and it is ridiculous what the government is doing. we are putting $2.9 million to ,ind out why lesbians are obese two main dollars to find out why the elderly are not joining the choir. grants are not being accounted for that we have to take care of. >> the last candidate to answer is ed tarpley. what do you think the response should be? >> i think the nation'

. >> i am vance mcallister. and we approve this message because some things are worth fighting for. >> vance mcallister, 100% the louisiana. washington, d.c. is broken, and it is only getting worse. promises anden that is why we need harris brown, a job creator knows the value of a full day's work. in congress, he will create the -- protect the promises for generations to come. it is time for real leaders, not politicians. >> i'm harris brown, a proud conservative, and i approve this message. >> washington has led us down and politicians have let us down, and it is time to fix it. we're going to repeal obama care and replace it with a plan that works. number two, we will tap into energy resources and create thousands of jobs. number three, we will protect our borders. finally, we need to tell the government to respect our christian values. this is the most important thing. morning,sat here this in this room, thousands of women and children across the border of the united states -- crossed the border of the unite

later at 10, the louisiana fifth district debate between vance mcallister and six challengers including five republicans and one democrat. that's all tonight on c-span. >> you can see debates and ads from races around the country on our web site, c-span.org. here's a look at the kansas senate debate between incumbent republican pat roberts and inget greg or man. -- independent greg orman. >> how should we deal with the ebola epidemic, senator roberts? roberts: well, again, this shows you how we should really secure the boarder and not be granting amnesty -- border and not be granting amnesty. i issued a statement just a couple of days ago. why can't we do now what we know we're going to have to do down the road, and that is to have a quarantine on west africa, stop the plane traffic, the air traffic from west africa to the united states? we also ought to get our best and brightest over to that country just as fast as we can. the world health organization just if we do not -- just said if we do not take action, within the next 60 days we could lose 10,000 people a week. that's a humanita

due to the laws of the state republican vance mcallister is being challenged with eight candidates taking part in the forum. five of them, harris brown, clyde holloway joined by clyde holloway. we will begin to look at the political ads running in the district. >> a man's character is based on how many times he gets back up and stands again. >> i'm lucky to have been blessed with a family and christian life. >> i'm blessed to have a husband that owns up to his mistakes and fight for the people. >> i'm vance mcallister. we approve this message because somethings some things are worth fighting for. >> conservative veteran 100% louisiana. >> it is broken and only getting worse. too many politicians of broken promises and embarrassment. that's why we need need here is brown a proven conservative and a job creator who knows the value of a hard days work and will not quit until the job is done. and congress people protect their greatest generation and ensure the american dream for those to come. it's time for real leaders not politicians. >> i'm a strong conservative and approved this message.

in the fifth congressional district, remember vance mcallister, most may recognize him from the surveillance video when he was caught making out with a staffer, well, the married congressman forgiven by his wife still seems to have a shot, so that dasher one of the many challengers in this open race, has enlisted some help from the star of the t.v. show duck dynasty. hey, louisiana, guns brought us here, and violence and guns will keep us here, zack dasher believes in both. that's why i am voting for him. >> bibles and guns will keep us here. in the florida governor race, can you imagine what phil robertson may think of charlie crist. republican governor rick scott who can't seem to shed polls is now running an attack ad with images of a prostitute. >> i call on you to return that money, if for not other reason than just the sekism involved, why have you not returned the money. >> because we got it from a manager. >> now that you are aware of the source, do you think it is appropriate to return it. >> no, i don't. >> and we wonder why voters get so sick of political ads. the latest political

. >>> remember vanc vance mcallister, he was caught making out with a woman who is not his wife. he was forgiven by his wife, and he has inlisted help from the tv show of "duck dynasty." >> hey, louisiana, guns brought us here. guns will keep us here. that's why i'm voting for him. >> bibles and guns will keep us here. i can't wait to ask michael shure about that one. >> there you go. >> and can you imagine charlie crist who has taken $90,000 from strip club owners. he's running an attack ad featuring images of a prostitute. >> when they call on you to return that money if not for any other reason but the sexism. why have you not returned that money? >> we got it from a management company. >> now that you're aware of the source of the money, do you think it's appropriate to return it? >> no, i don't. >> you wonder why voters get so sick of election ads. >> isis gaining ground. terrorists committing mass murder. ebola inside the u.s. americans alarmed by national security. what is president obama doing? making plans to bring terrorists from guantanamo to our country. >> but it's n

. >> i'm vance mcallister. >> and i'm kelly mcallister. >> and we approve this message because some thingsre just worth fighting for. >> vance mcallister, conservative veteran, 100% louisiana. >> d.c. is broken and only getting worse. too many career politicians, broken promises and embarrassments. that's why we need harris brown, a proven conservative and job creator who knows the value of a hard day's work and won't rest until the job is done. in congress, harris will protect the promises for the greatest generation and ensure the american dream for those to come. it's time for real leaders, not politicians. >> i'm harris brown, a proud conservative and i approve this message. >> washington has let us down and the politicians have let us down and it's time to stick to it. >> i'm zach dasher and here's my plan. number one, we're going to repeal and replace obamacare with a plan that works and puts us in charge. number two, we're going to tap into our energy resources to create thousands of jobs for those in the fifth district and we'll secure our borders to protect our national sovereignt

. >> vance mcallister, your opinions in one minute, please. >> i am in the middle of it. we can talk all day about hot air and how we are going to repeal it and get rid of it. it is not going to happen. even if we get controlled the senate, it is not going to happen. but we have to do is for the next two years, hopefully the republicans can take over the executive branch. we have to do with the reality of what is going on in the world. it is creating uncertainty on the markets. the premiums are going up in 2015. we have done a lot in the house right now. we need to make it so these countries do not have to cut employees. if we do not take over the senate, we are in the battle with dealing with the destruction of the country. we have 370 bills on harry reid's desk right now that we cannot pass. ed tarpley, is the formal care act the solution -- the affordable care act the solution? >> it is not. the solution is the free market economic system. this is the solution to the gigantic problem in our country. the affordable health care act has hurt the middle class as much as an

vance mcallister is running for a second term having won a special election last year. he'll debate rbs -- they'll debate for the state's fifth district seat. we'll have that all tonight on our companion network, cspan. >>> john kerry met with his south korean counterpart today in washington, d.c. they held a press conference afterward to discuss the nuclear threat from north korea, the global response to ebola and the transfer of the military to south korean command. this is about 20 minutes. >>> thank you. well, good morning. i want to start by welcoming my friend and my colleague foreign minister back to washington. who is here along with south korean defense minister. we had a very productive what we call two plus two meeting. this morning. it was the first dialogue that we have conducted during which secretary hagel and i restated the degree to which we are deeply committed to building on today's discussions and reenforcing the very close partnership this we have with the republic of korea. it is safe to say that everybody reiterated this today that the u.s. republ

. >> vance mcallister, conservative veteran, 100% louisiana. >> washington is broken and only getting worse. -- many rear politicians career politicians and embarrassments. that's why we need harris brown, proven conservative and job creator, who knows the value of a hard days work and will not quit until the job is done. harris will protect the promises of the greatest generation and ensure the american dream for those to come. it's time for real leaders, not politicians. >> i'm harris brown, proud conservative, and i approve this message. >> where washington has let us down and politicians have let us down, and it's time to fix it. my plan is we will repeal and replace obamacare with a plan that works and puts us in charge. we will tap into our energy resources, creating thousands of jobs for folks here in the fifth district, and we will secure our borders, protecting our national sovereignty. and we need to tell the government to respect our christian values and god-given liberties. this is the most important thing. here this morning in this room, thousands of women and children ac

participating are eight candidates, six of them republicans including incumbent vance mcallister, harrisrown, at tarpley, ralph abraham, zach -- or, and clyde holloway. there joined by green party candidate and democrat. this is about an hour. ♪ >> your voice, your vote, you are watching campaign 2014 voice your vote congressional forum cbs2.n knoe news and >> good evening. welcome to voice your vote live on knoe in monroe. >> we will hear from eight of the nine candidates seeking your vote for the fifth congressional district of a state of louisiana and we are asking the candidates to provide brief and straightforward answers to questions that you have smit to our stations as well as questions provided by political analyst joshua stokley. >> each candidate will receive between 30 seconds and one minute to answer each question. note our format is a forum, a debate, candidates will have to save any rebuttals. >> when you hear this bell, we will start in our political order and proceed in succession to the next question. >> we begin tonight with several questions on healthcare.gov on gentl

i'm ed tarply and i approve this message. >> congressman vance mcallister is running for a second term. he won a special election last year. he'll debate republicans harris brown, ed tarply, ralph abraham, zach dasher, collide holloway. the green party's elliot barren and democrat jamie mayo. they'll debate for the state's fifth district seat. we'll have that all tonight on our companion network, c-span. >> now a discussion about the difficulties minorities face getting a college degree. it's part of an event hosted by the ucla civil rights project. this is 40 minutes. >> we start our w our main message of the paper which is this: college completion is not just a post-secondary issue. the data we use, which is out of a state administrative database in texas, it tracks students from kindergarten all the way through graduate school down to the -- in the work force and between. what we find is that what contributes to the gap in college completion by race actually much of that happens before the student ever enrolls in college two issues frame the texas college success or lack of success

, and then at ten, the louisiana fifth district debate between seven candidates, congressman vance mcallisterharris brown, ralph abraham, zack dasher, clyde holloway and jamie mayo. c-span 2014, more than 100 debates for the control of congress. >>> two-term massachusetts governor deval patrick is term limited. democratic state attorney general martha coakley is running against republican businessman charlie basic. they debated earlier this week. from boston, this is about an hour. ♪ >> wgbh news and the boston globe present a live gubernatorial debate from the w tv-8 studios in brighton, here are jim rowdy and marjorie eagan. >> good evening. it's two weeks until election day, and we hope the next 60 minutes will help you decide your vote for governor. >> we intend to cover a lot of ground, and the only thing we can tell you about the format is that there isn't one. it's just a conversation with the two leading candidates for governor. >> and please feel free to talk to each oh as up as you like. >> we'll also be going to questions from our partners at the boston globe. they're already talki

vance mcallister is running for a second term, having won a special election last year. he'll debate republicans harris brown, ed tarpley, ralph abraham, zack dasher, clyde holloway and jamie mayo for the state's fifth district seat tonight on our companion network, c-span. >>> be part of c-span's 2014 coverage. follow us on twitter and like us on facebook. to get debate schedule, video clips of key moments, debate previews from our politics team. c-span is bringing you over 100 senate, house, and governor debates and you can instantly share your reactions to what the candidates are saying. the battle for control of congress. stay in touch and engage by following us on twitter @c-span and liking us on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. >>> now a discussion about the difficulties minorities face getting a college degree. it's part of an event hosted by the ucla civil rights project. this is 40 minutes. >> the data we use out of a state administrative database in texas attracts students from kindergarten through graduate school down to in the workforce and between. what we f