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cofounder and codirector of missouri youth trump. with the debate set up last night from the campaign. we all watched it together and the atmosphere was you -- was electric. we all enjoyed mr. trump's performance. the missouri campaign staff, than later we went down to spin alley. donald trump staffers were in missouri, they felt he did a good job last night. what were some points that stick out for you? the points that the government would definitely his talk about bringing back the secretary clinton. it is been a rough one for the campaign, i will be the first to admit that. but bringing it back to secretary clinton was exactly what we wanted to hear and the pivot we did not see in the media. was a giant distraction from the wikileaks revelation. the fact that there are more coming is reason to our ears. host: what is the ground game like tghere -- there? >> we have been doorknocking, phone banking. social media outreach. where do the kinds of things that are expected in a traditional campaign. host: what you think about his ability to attract not the base of republican supporters, not

in from st. joseph, missouri. good morning. caller: good morning. i am sick of these marxist democrats and their mouthpieces in the media. i fought for this country. my brothers and sisters but for this country and we are constantly he disrespected by you and put down because we dare to fight for what this country is all about. all you guys care about are blackthugs from the lives movement because they think they're entitled, no matter what race they are, and they want to promote the murder of unborn children are most god-awful reasons. i am just saying that even if others,ses,, and many will never surrender to marxist democrats. i did not pledge my life the way to see if illinois for greed, corruption and evil. host: henry, is that the sentiment you here on the ground in ohio? guest: not so much. i have read stories about trump supporters at term for rallies expecting -- express and thoughts like that. there are questions of whether --ers will accept hillary's except the outcome of the election. that is the base of whether trouble except the election, but i think a lot of wh

evening at washington university in st. louis, missouri. what our live coverage at 7:30 p.m. eastern for a preview of the debate and then at 8:30 p.m. eastern, the predebate briefings from the audience. live coverage of the debate itself at 9:00 followed by the viewer reaction. want to live on c-span, anytime at c-span.org, and listen live at the free c-span audio app. >> if you missed any of the vice presidential debate, go to c-span.org using your desktop telephone, or tablet. when on our special debate page, choose using the split screen or switched care options. you can go to specific questions or answers of the debate, i'm the content you want -- finding content you want quickly and easily. c-span.org on your desktop, phone, or tablet for the vice presidential debate. yesterday, the day after the vice presidential debate, democratic candidate tim kaine spoke in philadelphia at an event hosted by pennsylvania democrats and the sheet metal workers union. it is about 40 minutes. ♪ [applause] >> how are you guys doing what a great group. aerial. applause for isn't she fantastic? s

concernedes seiu is about? regardingn outcome the house and governorship in missouri will reflect whether those seats go right to work. has seiu focused on those? mary kay: we are and that is a great question. i would say that our members are as motivated by school board races, city council, and state legislative races because in illinois, we are trying to make sure that we have a veto proof majority in the house in illinois so we can push back on what the governor has been doing to home care, child care, and public employee work in that state. those elections matter and we can connect the dots for people and lift them up to why voting for the president also matters to their future. in oregon, have taxing corporations on the ballot which we want them to pay their fair share. in california, our entire in agenda in criminal justice reform is on the ballot which is highly motivational to our members. just three examples, but in every state i could give you an example of how ballot initiatives and down ballot races are motivating our members. henry is ouray guest on newsmakers and joi

congressional level or in the state of iowa. i started my career as a political reporter in missouri where they do have term limits. it has been a mixed bag. there is something to be said about expertise and seniority and the understanding of the process that comes with spending a lifetime in a legislature. you can see the effects in the state of missouri where it has been lost and as i get a maximum of four terms, eight years in the house. into terms, another eight years in the senate. there is a sense it may not be enough time to understand the nuances of state government. (202) 748-8000 for iowa iowa -- for iowa residents. if you are another state and want to learn a little bit about iowa as a battleground state, (202) 748-8001. mr. noble, on the front page of one of the papers, it talks about lgbtq, iowa state as a model for exclusivity. how has it changed and i was -- i was recent political history? mr. noble? i think we are having audio issues. we will get those issues hammered out. james good morning. , caller: good morning. i want to the oklahoma bombing museum, what is a reference to i

outcome regarding the house and missouri and the governorship will affect whether that stable go right to work? >> the presidential debate tends us to focus on that office. our members are as motivated by the school board races, city council and state legislative races he in illinois and we are trying to make sure that we have a veto proof majority in the house so that we can push back on what the governor has been doing to home care, child care, and public employee work in that state. those elections matter. we can connect the dots for people and lift them up to why voting for the president also matters for their future. taxingon, we have corporations on the ballot, which we want them to pay their fair share. in california, our entire agenda in criminal justice reform is on the ballot, which is highly motivational to our members. those are just three examples. in every state i could give you both ballot initiatives and down ballot races are motivating our members to act. races there specific you're paying attention to ask seiu? >> the senate in hell and i, we are all in pennsylv

, since the shooting and ferguson, missouri of michael brown got so much publicity, and since then, of unarmedtings black people in many cases have gotten lots of publicity, lots of attrition, videos of these things. there have been disturbances in the areas where these have taken place. one theory is that that has had to do with rising crime. there has been a phenomenon called the ferguson effect, a lot of people do not like that label but the idea is that a lot of police officers in quÉbec are being unfairly -- a lot of police officers think they are being unfairly maligned. they have beent pulling back on enforcement and that gets criminals the idea that they can do more. i want to emphasize that that is a theory and no one has proved it. you talk about the fbi, the fbi director james comey has said he thinks there is some credence to that. host: is part of the ferguson theory also the fact or the reported incidents of you were african-americans reporting crime -- fewer african-americans reporting crime after incidents in their city, the reporting of crimes in those areas has gone

with the missouri governor's debate, and ann kirkpatrick running against john mccain. at 10:00, live coverage of the debate between loretta sanchez and kamala harris. we will wrap up with the indiana governor's debate starting at 8:30 eastern here on c-span. >> if you missed any of the vice presidential debate, go to c-span.org using your desktop, phone or tablet,. choosing entire debate between the split screen or switch camera options. go to a specific questions and answers quickly and easily. use our video clipping tool to create videos to share on social media. c-span.org, on your desktop, phone, or tablet for the vice presidential debate. >> donald trump campaigned in nevada, where he offered his thoughts on last night's debate. politico reporting he said, mike ande did an incredible job, i am a lot of credit because that was my first hire. i will tell you, he is a good one. last night's debate was in farmville, virginia, and this morning, mike pence was 100 miles to the north. he said the true winner of the debate was donald trump. ♪ gov. pence: hello, virginia. it is wonderf

checking going on, that makes me optimistic. host: claudia from kansas city, missouri. good morning, trump supporter. caller: good morning. about the e to talk first issue that you brought up, that donaldyou said russians to hack hillary clinton's e-mails. hat i heard and i heard it several times the same clip, he hack it, ing them to hadas implying that if they already done so, would they look had gh the data that they and see if they could find certain things. at it in that regard, if that is true fthere i didn't ething that hear, then wouldn't have you to completely false? host: angie drobnic holan, what you think? guest: we rated it half true. comment.peculiar one thing about donald trump is hat he's a very dynamic public speaker. he often says things where his could be interpreted he's been or ironic, difficult to fact check in that way. sometimes he contradicts himself. we've done a number of reports where he says he didn't say say o. that e did one about the russians hacking, was an eyebrow raising statement when he said maybe the hillary can find clinton's e-mails. there is

, roy blunt. a first-term republican. some outside groups for an money into missouri which is a former gop stronghold after two and in the polls at the beginning of the race, mr. kander is ahead by two points. the current clinical report changing the race from leading republican to a toss up. one of jason kander's ads show some assembly a gun when folded. -- blindfolded. this >> i'm jason kander. sen. blunt: been attacking me icons. in the army, i like how to use and respect my rifle. toafghanistan, i volunteered be an extra gun and a convoy of an armored suvs. in the state legislature, i support second amendment rights. i also believe in that context so that terrorists can get their hands on one of these. becauseved this message i would like to see sen. blunt: this. do this. >> some people can put together a gun unfold. some to really fast. some really fast. some to upside down and blindfolded. but only one of these is a hillary clinton national campaign chairman. only one has a failure to defend the amendment. only one supports amnesty for illegal immigrants. when it comes to the u.s

per person. host: john is next from missouri on the line for others. caller: good morning. i should have called in on the others' line. i just dialed my normal number. all i have to say is -- here we go again. we are talking about insurance prices. but we should be talking about is the cost that the hospitals charge the insurance companies. i just spent two days in the hospital. from walking pneumonia. i got a bill the other day from my emergency room and on the room,t says -- emergency one hour. wasmy 20% after medicare $1400. which means it cost me close to $6,000 -- or, cost medicare and me, $6,000 for one hour at the emergency room. ofhave to look at the cost the hospitals, doctors, pharmacies. these are the people who drive the cost up. instead of keeping looking at the insurance companies, that is what we have to look at. why are these people going from a community hospital, which we used to have here, to a medical group. .ost: gotcha again, two lines. if you are under the aca, (202) 748-8000. everyone else, (202) 748-8001. mclean, virginia who receives insurance under the aca

hampshire. missouri was one of those races you were focusing on, but it seems to have become one of those races that could determine whether the republicans can control the senate. senator blanche is running -- for reelection. this is one of the ads by the senate republican leadership going after the missouri democrat. [video clip] a fresh face,ke but what is underneath it. he is the same as nancy on imposing a national energy crafts -- task. he supports amnesty and allowing taxpayer benefits for illegal immigrants. he was even one of hillary clinton's national cochairs. fresh facen kander's is a lot of the same old liberal thinking. host: what is happening in missouri? guest: it is amazing that the map has changed the way it has. if you would have told me that florida and ohio looked safer than roy blunt, i would have said you were crazy. i think you see a case where senator blunt has been in office for close to 30 years, he has a family, he has different family members that are lobbyists. those are not popular things right now. democrats have jumped on it, they have been able to m

. louis, missouri, last night. more of your calls, as well. another update. a moment where donald trump appeared to contradict his running mate on syria, news organizations and reporters saying last night that there were rumors mike pence might leave the ticket. hence try to -- he tried to cross that last night. he sent out a tweet after the event congratulating donald trump on the big debate win. proud to stand with you as we make america great again. he was reported to be watching the debate from the governor's mansion. here's a story from the indianapolis star. speculationt the that came out on friday. he has been sending this -- mixed messages since that event. canceled a saturday appearance in wisconsin and issued a statement saying he cannot condone trump's comments. a story talking about mike pence canceling an appearance in new jersey in ocean county, one that was scheduled to be happening today in new jersey. schedules ofat the the candidates and vice president joe candidates, -- vice presidential candidates, as well. kaine saying that hillary clinton won the debate last night.

cute. host: in missouri, good morning. go ahead. caller: thank you. voice, thank you the c-span. tos is all about temperament me. very much so temperament. i think donald trump has the temperament. i do not care what he says. he does not have the temperament. guest: i think that is a very serious issue and one that trump over the next couple of weeks has to continue to gain ground on. it is also to the stories about hillary clinton blowing up and being angry. the most recent story about throwing a glass of water at one of her staff immediately after the national security debate, when she was really, really unhappy. those things are there. their challenge we have is an amateur and trump was a brand-new outsider, never in politics, and great strengths and weaknesses. you have a professional hillary clinton, who first got involved with joe lieberman's senate race 40 years ago, but she and her husband have a record of corruption and dishonesty so great that if you take that to the white house, it is not a test of temperament. it is a test of whether the will of law will survive. i think

-- challengers for the misery senate seat. -- missouri senate seat. campaigned inp prescott valley, arizona. at 5ll join live remarks p.m.. >> c-span coverage continues contenderste between to replace california senator barbara boxer. p.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> c-span's "washington coming up, we're live from longwood university, the site of the vice presidential debate. the media theory and politics assistant professor will be on to discuss the impact the vice presidential debates and to their affects on outcomes and the outcome between the debate -- the outcome of the debate mike pence and tim kaine. then, our guest will talk about voting machines and charity invulnerability. we will also speak with the university president. join the discussion. >> next, donald trump speaks at a campaign rally in pueblo, colorado. during the event, he comments on his leaked 1995 tax returns. this is just under an hour. >> ♪ and defend her still today ubt ♪heir ain't no do mr. trump: thank you very much. thank you. it is so great to be here in web pueblo, colorado. we love pueblo. and of

, missouri. watch our live coverage at 7:30 p.m. eastern for a preview. at 9:00, live coverage of the debate followed by viewer reaction. the second presidential debate, watch live on c-span. listen to live coverage of the debate on your phone with the free c-span radio app. >> a conversation with a political reporter about the second presidential debate sunday evening in st. louis. can watch the debate here on c-span -- you can watch the debate live here on c-span. >> for the second time in this fall campaign, hillary clinton, donald trump on the same spade sunday night, washington university in st. louis, missouri. thank you for being with us. a different format, a townhall meeting format. how are they preparing for this? >> donald trump is doing a lot more preparation than he did the last debate. he is hoping he can stay on script and have a very successful debate sunday night and once again jumpstart his campaign. manager forign hillary clinton already telegraphing they are expecting a much better prepared donald trump. >> both sides are trying to manage expectations. it is a fair

washington university in st. louis, missouri. watch our live coverage for a preview of the debate and then the predebate briefing for the audience. at 9:00, live coverage followed by viewer reaction. the second presidential debate -- watch live on c-span or , phonend using a desktop or tablet at c-span.org. listen to live coverage on your phone with the free c-span radio app. >> we are back live on the campus of washington university in st. louis, missouri, the gary and summers recreation center, the site of tonight bait. -- tonight's debate. they will hold the presidential debate tonight. this holding is the site of the 1904 olympics. we are looking at the media filing center. with take a walk through right now. walk through a right now. >> we are walking through washington university in st. louis, missouri. we are in the so-called spin room, where you will see tonight as part of our coverage some of the surrogates for the candidates and perhaps even a candidate themselves out speaking with reporters. all the preparations getting underway for tonight's debate and our live coverage getting

there any down ballot races seiu is concerned about? in kentucky and missouri, it seems an outcome regarding the house and governorship in missouri will affect whether those seats go right to work. has seiu focused on those? mary kay: absolutely we are and that is a great question. i would say that our members are as motivated by school board races, city council, and state legislative races because in illinois, we are trying to make sure that we have a veto proof majority in the house in illinois so we can push back on what the governor has been doing to home care, child care, and public employee work in that state. those elections matter and we can connect the dots for people and then lift them up to why voting for the president also matters to their future. in oregon, we have taxing corporations on the ballot which we want them to pay their fair share. in california, our entire in agenda in criminal justice reform is on the ballot which is highly motivational to our members. those are just three examples, but in every state, i could give you an example of how ballot initiatives a

, missouri, janice, supporter of donald trump. good morning. caller: good morning, good to hear you, steve. one day you will get your own debate. anyway, i want to ask mr. french what the subscription rate looks like at national review after they have gone on the tirade about trump, all i see now are begging for money and they don't take questions anymore. i mean, they don't let you make comments because they are all negative and i mean, i'm not the biggest fan of donald trump, but i really, really detest hillary and i would do nothing, nothing to help her get elected. these are the two choices we have, i'm not fond of them either, but this is what we've got. this is what the republicans gave us and you can look in the mirror to see why. because it is people like you that say, we need to do this, you have given up crappy, crappy candidates for the last -- i don't know how many years and you tell us, you got to vote for them, they are the republican. we have dutifully done that, when we get one you don't like, my god, the world will come to an end. i'm sick of it. sick to death of it

missouri. go ahead. caller: my name is linda. i am calling in. i do not trust donald trump. i would never vote for him. i don't trust him. i think he is a bigot. his tax thing has really upset me. when you get a paycheck and they take half of your taxes, and this man is a billionaire who is not pay taxes in 18 years, that really gets you. host: what is it about hillary clinton that you like? caller: i really think she is more qualified. i think he does not have the qualifications to be president. he does not have the temperament. he is a racist. henry does not appear to be that. -- hillary clinton does not appear to be that. i would trust her before donald trump. host: a recent advertisement from hillary clinton's campaign looks at donald trump through the words used by other republicans. here that is. [video clip] >> i approve this message. >> he is a race baiting, xena phobic, bigot. broad. -- ahony, a fraud. >> he is not a serious adult. >> i believe he has disqualified himself to be president. >> i cannot support donald trump. in the pages of the "new york times" looks at the issue of

from missouri is also there. [video clip] >> i think i made it very clear to you that neither you nor anyone else will ever get me to violate the confidence of loyal people in this government who give me information about communist infiltration. >> the officer informant who gave this obviously fraudulent letter was guilty of sending this information to somebody not authorized to receive it. and in so doing, disobeyed the orders of his superiors. in view of the testimony mr. chairman, i do hope that every effort will be made to find out who was the informant. [end video clip] brian: why was it so important that you write about bobby kennedy and senator mccarthy? larry: partly because of what it it tells us about bobby kennedy. there were two sides of bobby kennedy. on the one hand, at those army mccarthy hearings, it was bobby kennedy who wrote the definitive report for the democratic senators who were in the minority then. it was such a good report and a complete report on things that mccarthy had done wrong, that the republicans adopted most of it and that was a report that led to th

has completely moved by vote for hillary. and i know the bombshell is that in missouri you watch out for the senate seat because he's going democrat and the government will be democratic, too. thank you. host: missouri, one of those closely watched senate races, the re-election effort by roy blunt there in missouri. jason candor is the democratic senate candidate challenging him there. democrats, if hillary clinton wins the presidency, democrats would pick up four seats to take over the senate. if donald trump wins the presidency, democrats would need five seats to take over the senate. caller: i'm a latino voter. and the misinformation that's been spread, the hatred from donald trump's campaign. there's no smoking gun with the f.b.i. letter. it's simply a letter saying it's an ongoing investigation and it didn't imply she's wrong or that she's broken the law. however, there's a lot of assumptions out there as a result of more campaign rhetoric. let's look at the facts and not look at assumptions. host: to your point, jeremiah, trying to put out the latest information that news outle

indiana and missouri, not because she thinks she can carry those reliably republican states but has she believes with and extra push, democrats could win this and it and governor races there. is part of the money impacting house races? money clearly, the extra going to indiana is going to the senate, trying to bolster democratic majorities there. arizona, the state that was not competitive but where hillary clinton does have a chance at the top of the ticket this time, democrat efforts to pour money in places like arizona could have the effect of securing chances in the first congressional district. is from north carolina. concernshose kinds of with the basees but not with a large number of independent voters. it may play well in union county, north carolina, but overall, democrats look good in north airliner. john -- host john in silver spring, north carolina. at the when you look polls, it is about the lowest number of the history of the united dates. -- united states. we complain every direction about it but we bring the same people who don't do nothing for the district nor the count

will have to outperform the top of the ticket. >> these are the ones that are closest, missouri, nevada, ohio, pennsylvania. are you focusing on any of those? >> we are focused on florida. we are finishing our work there. the focus is going to be very heavily there. i would simply say that just a couple of hours ago we heard the senate majority pac is looking at wisconsin. they are worried about that race tightening. we also have to look at that race as well and addition to everything else. >> speaking of tightening, to what do you attribute the last-minute shifts we see in the polls right now? we are seeing shifting in hampshire where kelly ayotte has fallen behind. missouri where roy blunt is tied with his democratic challenger even though he is in a red state. this somakes interesting and challenging is there is no one-size-fits-all way to look at these races. some of the variations are being caused by unique circumstances and those races. kelly ayotte took a tumble with republican voters when she publicly announced she would no longer support donald trump after earlier techn

kander supporting the status quo liberal agenda. taxoted to allow missouri dollars for illegal immigrants, voted repeatedly in support of .bamacare a carbon copy of hillary clinton status quo agenda. jason kander, another liberal copycat. jason kander taking on republican roy blunt. democrats trying to tie republican candidates to donald trump as well. by maggie hassan trying to highlight kelly ayotte. [video clip] >> would you tell a child to aspire to be like donald trump? >> absolutely. >> she gained a massive amount of weight. it was a real problem. >> donald trump called you miss piggy. how did that make you feel? >> so sad. >> here's a woman and she can't make it 15 feet to her car. he suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arm. >> i don't know what i said. i don't remember. i would look her in that fat face of hers. blood coming out of her whatever. >> absolutely, i would do that. >> since that debate in new hampshire, kelly ayotte with some comments saying she misspoke during that debate. trump as role model, kelly ayotte says she misspoke. misspo

without division. more calls. two sean is in kansas city, missouri. undecided voter. democrat, and i voted for obama twice, and then welack band -- black man, are the voting block for the democrats. we don't get nothing at all. now hillary clinton is talking about within her first hundred -- immigration. we have been screaming for 300 years that the laws have been unjust. -- black caucus don't speak, of course. we don't have nobody. donald trump really don't like us. need toe vote for? we withhold our vote from the democrats and ends so they can do something with these unruly anything help the poor people, not just black people, but poor people. guest: not voting is voting and i would encourage you to stay engaged. i mentioned earlier my mom, 80's -- 87 years young, she lived at a time when she could not vote here she always said no matter what, you have got to vote. you have got to show up and make your voice heard. and after we do not do that enough, i mentioned earlier, we will vote high in this country, like 60% in a good year. how to -- that we figure it out. in the black community, w

valley, arizona. the presidential debate will be held sunday in st. louis, missouri. tonight, the vice presidential debate will start with a preview debate at nine :00 eastern time at longwood university in farmville, virginia. we spoke with the editor of the student run newspaper there. here is a look. >> editor in chief of the rotunda. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? fine, thank you. can you tell us about "the rotunda," what it is, and what you cover? >> we are along with universities student run newspaper. everything is completely done by students. we circulate about 500 neighbors a week. we are a weekly paper and we -- 500 papers a week. we are a weekly paper. host: what are your plans for it? actually, we have the plan to have four people in the media filing center. we all got credentials for it. peopleee out of the four got tickets to go into the debate hall so will have a pretty amazing experience that not many students will have. one of us will be left alone in the media center to send off and cover the debate as it is going on. >> how has your publication in c

. line, missouri. debbie is on. caller: i'm voting for donald trump. host: why? caller: because, number one, he is following our constitution more accurately, not changing it and alsod amendment protecting the country we live in and not eating other countries ahead of us. also, hillary clinton is more or for abortion, and is more about saving the trees and it is okay to help planned parenthood kill babies. americans do of not want abortion, and that is why i'm voting for donald trump your -- trump. host: new jersey, larry. caller: i will be voting for donald trump because hillary's onpaign has been based personal attacks against donald trump because she has no record to run on. and the record she does have is terrible and she has been proven to be a serial liar. host: that was larry from new jersey. earlier today, we did watch a donald trump rally. he was in pennsylvania. tomorrow, he will be in ohio and we will take you there live at 7:00 eastern time. hillary clinton will be in pennsylvania with tim kaine. there we go. time, liveastern tomorrow. you can watch on c-span, use ur

mentioned the missouri, changing the way police departments are budgeted. we were talking about the texas public policy foundation which has a whole program called the ride on crime initiative. it is about state and local-based criminal justice reform. this is an area that has been neglect it. ande are not state local-based think tanks and ideological movements to the same scale. it is more grassroots. in terms of the policy engines, it is not so much there. if there is more emphasis there, we wouldn't invest all our hopes and a president and then get disappointed. mary: i am deciding whether or not to say something i know will be unpopular. [laughter] i was think maybe i should just stop. but, i thought long and hard about what you said about federalism. federalism is like judicial activism. when the national government does something you like, and you don't like what the states did, you would love to not have the states have any power in that area. as my friend says on lgbt issues. why do we have to fight with the states? but when the national government does something you don't l

senate office for senator jack danforth for missouri. he worked in the reagan administration in two capacities. he was chairman -- the first assistant secretary of education for civil rights, and then chairman of the equal employment opportunity commission. and then, he was appointed initially by george h.w. bush as a judge of the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit. then, ultimately, as an associate justice of the united states supreme court in 1991. were discussing this before we came in tonight, that last sunday was his 25th anniversary as a member of the court. [applause] i cannot introduce clarence without also mentioning his lovely wife, who is with us tonight. she herself has a distinguished career in the city, and in the country, both in civic activities and think tax, as well as in tv. we are pleased to have you with us also. [applause] when i say that it is very appropriate that clarence thomas be our joseph story lecture tonight, it is because of his lifelong and particularly judicial period of dedication to the constitution of the united s

gentleman has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri, mr. luetkemeyer, chairman of our housing and insurance subcommittee. mr. luetkemeyer: thank you, mr. chairman. today we're here to confront, in my judgment, a total travesty in the financial market. consumers in this case were failed on all accounts. their financial institution, with whom they trusted their family's finances, failed them. the federal regulators who were charged with overseeing their protection failed them. the federal regulators in charge of wells fargo failed to stop the ripping off of consumers and the consumers lost. and slapping a bank with a fine isn't going to make that go away. only 5% of that fine is going to go back to the consumers who were harmed. mr. stumpf, giving back your bonus isn't going to make that go away. more rules and regulations are going to make this go away. the fact is regulators sat in that bank for years and did nothing. meanwhile, thousands of employees were being fired for these bad practices, yet nothing was changed to address the issues. the regulators need to be doin

calls with charlie black. patty is waiting in missouri, an undecided voter. caller: good morning. host: go ahead, patty. caller: i was going to say i am undecided as to who i am voting for. i'm not undecided as to who i am voting against. high-pressure voting against -- i am for sure voting against hillary because i lived through the 1990's because the clinton's cannot retake the white house. as a nation, they almost destroyed us then. as to who i am voting for, i would maybe like some more information since you know him so well as to trumps economic plan. i've not heard much from the other candidate. i'm not think i am interested in that jill stein woman and i do not know anything about that johnson man. if you are so sure about mr. trump's economic policies, could you be more collaborative on that? guest: yes, absolutely. gary johnson is a good man. he is a good governor, but he is a libertarian, almost radical in his philosophy for legalizing drugs. donald trump's plan for the economy is this. he wants to toughen our trade laws so that we do not export as many jobs. when we br

have taken a stance. missouri, newbout jersey, alabama, massachusetts, and states where people are inspired, they are taking me the knee and getting disciplined for this. we are excited to have these us.lemen with i want to welcome benjamin watson, a tight end with the baltimore ravens. he serves on the executive committee and he is with the dad campaign and he published a book. a are honored to have baltimore raven in the house of labor tonight. friend, joeis my briggs. financialed to manage programs and he became the top counsel. he is also a professor at georgetown and often speaks on politics, sports, and everything in between. at texas christian university and i would be remiss event that we hosted an around the movie, "concussion." an activistto have to explain why we need to move the agenda forward. please give it up. i am going to give it over to of eightin, author sportsn the politics of anda frequent guest on espn democracy now. show,o hosts his own "edge of sports." give it up for dave. i'm going to hand it over to him. dave: thanks. discussion can be finished in time fo

missouri. the former anchor at abc -- by the way, please stand up as a list your name. "world newsnchor of with charles gibson", obviously charlie gibson. the president of the university of notre dame, father john jenkins. the former president of the league of women voters, and the current resident of the council on foundations, dorothy writings, and the former the university, go tigers. if you could all stand and give them a round of applause. [applause] one of the things our commission is responsible for doing is designing the format. if you have watched the previous presidential debate, you know this one is different. since --itizen existed participants who have been selected by the gallup organization. they represent citizens in the st. louis area, and will represent questions for the candidates tonight. the other thing we have done is take time to give the candidates more opportunity to discuss with themselves the important issues that face the country.rather than having rapid fire questions, we give the candidates the opportunity to have a discussion. that is an importan

night at washington university in st. louis, missouri. watch our live coverage of 7:30 p.m. eastern for a preview of the debate, and at 8:30, the predebate briefing for the audience. at 9:00 p.m., live coverage of the debate followed by viewer reaction, your calls, tweets, and comments. the second presidential debate. watch live on c-span. watch live or on-demand using your desktop, phone, or tablet at www.c-span.org. listen to live coverage of the debate on your phone with the free c-span radio app, available on the app store or google play. a for the next 90 minutes, book tv exclusive, our cities tour visits grand rapids, michigan, to learn more about its unique history and literary life. for five years now, we have traveled to u.s. cities, bringing the book seen to -- scene to our viewers. you can see more at www.c-span.org/citiestour. first up, historian and author richard norton smith gives a look at grand rapids and previews a biography he's writing on the 30th president of the united states, gerald ford -- 38th president of the united states, gerald ford. >> that is grand rapids,

with a debate in the missouri senate race incumbent roy blunt and his opponent jason --. that is coming up at 9:00. >> this week on c-span2 we are featuring political radio programs with national talkshow host, tuesday morning from 6:00 to 9:00. live from washington dc and on wednesday also from washington conservative radio talk show 6-9 a.m. hewitt from eastern. thursday from 23 progressive 23 progressive radio host tom hartman and friday from 9 a.m. until noon a conservative perspective on the might delegate shall live from new york city. all this week live on c-span2. by the time the election season is over paul ryan will have campaigned for 75 house and senate members. over the weekend he was campaigning for crescent party in north las vegas. i would like to make a few points. thank you. thank you for being here. thank you for helping and supporting crescent party. this man has a big heart and broaden shoulders. -- he has beent coming ever since. here is what we are trying to achieve. this is why he has a great voice. we have an agenda that we are running on an talking about. you m

woman on the stage in missouri. the hill newspaper is reporting geraldo rivera is saying "i have embarrassing tapes of trump." he, too, has embarrassing interview footage with donald trump. he started going over past interviews with trump. "i have interviewed him many times and been with them many times, and i have tapes." and i have started going through the tapes. there are statements that, in the context of the current climate, would be embarrassing." he did say he had never heard , as he didhe p-word in the 2005 access hollywood footage and never saw him come onto women on the program. host: joshua on twitter says my vote.andidate has from bullies while clinton is two-faced. jill stein has my vote. that is the green party candidate. your reaction to the number two presidential debate. the third one is on october 19 and monica is watching us in kentucky, supporting donald trump. what did you think of tonight's i think donald trump did a great job. i want everyone to know here in l community.re a coa there are several coal miners, including my son, that were laid off. they coul

closer look at some of specific races, in missouri, vice president joe biden will appear at a rally with democratic u.s. senate candidate jason kander on friday. the latest indication that the missouri senate race has become a nationally watched showdown, according to st. louis today. he notes, c-span will be covering the event. check www.c-span.org rescheduling cash poor scheduling updates. is facing al ryan challenge not in his election but in his speakership. senator paul ryan trounced his republican primary opponent by 68 point margin in august in wisconsin's first district, but him defeat is not stopping from challenging ryan. according to roll call, this time, he is fine for the speaker's gavel. the speaker does not have to be a sitting member of congress, although a nonmember has never been elected. turning to california, pamela by a 2-1 leading margin according to "the l.a. times," and with how it's already been cast, state attorney kamala harris leads by 2-1 margin according to a new poll by the public policy institute of california. finally, in illinois, last night during

calling on the trump line. gregory, i think you're actually in missouri. caller: right. host: sorry about that. go ahead, gregory. caller: no problem. first of all, i got say the secrets of the f.b.i. really doesn't have the timetable like everybody else. they don't put in 40 hours a week. they don't have to have their reply in by friday. they do their own investigation. and they finally stepped up. i think they did the right thing, finally. but anyway, they don't have a time schedule. why do people still believe in this woman? i don't understand. i mean she only had it for yoga and no security reasons for anything. prior to the story or did the story. 33,000 e-mails. that's the people's e-mails. it's not hers. it's not congress. it's the people's. we pay her salary. host: gregory -- caller: yeah? host: gregory, prior to this new revolution, donald trump has been lagging in the polls. do you think this could change the outcome, give him a boost? caller: yeah, very much so. i mean for a common person. i never could trust mrs. clinton or mr. clinton. he lied to the people too. and tha

republican fall event. >> the second presidential debate is tonight in st. louis, missouri. watch our live coverage for a preview and then at 8:30 p.m. a preview for the audience. at 9:00, live coverage of the debate. the second presidential debate, watch live on c-span. watch live or on-demand using phone or -- desktop, tablet. this morning, ginger gibson previews the second presidential debate, the town hall in st. louis. and a roundtable discussion on the presidential race with charlie cook, editor and publisher of the cook a report and stuart rothenberg, founding member of the political report. washington journal is next. host: good morning. it's sunday, october 9. with just 30 days to go before election day, and just hours before the second presidential debate between hillary clinton and donald trump tonight at washington university in st. louis, we are seeing live coverage from the site of tonight's debate. right now, the days leading up to tonight's debate have been tumultuous for the republican nominee after the release of a video showing mr. trump making lewd, sexual rema

, myself, a descendent of people who were ordered exterminated by the governor of missouri, i am strongly against any type of religious test. we should shun any approach that says if you belong to religion ask or believe in religious belief y, you cannot come here or you lose access to this or that. we should push back against that anytime it happens. i also think anytime we are talking about who we will allow into this country, whether it is for humanitarian reasons or economic reasons or work reasons, we have to be tried -- careful that we know who it is we are living in, we have a good idea whether they had the potential to be u.s. citizens, to abide by our values and respect their fellow americans. every time we take someone in, particularly when taking in refugees from a war-torn country, we have to make sure that we have procedures in place to make sure we know who we are taking in. this is especially difficult with syria. in the case of syria, they have no established record-keeping system. we will have to undertake an extra cautious effort to make sure that we have someth

president of missouri to say yes to life. i rise to say it is time for the president of the united states of america to send in the principal pro-life judges and we will move them as americans under the court and and roe versus wade forever. it is time for us under the leadership to end partial-birth abortion in this civilized country that has no place. it is time for all of the , adoption reforms and the president's vision for a faith-based initiative and will see resources, pregnancy centers and other industries therefore women with more than a hello choice with real answers meeting their real needs, but i am mostly here today as a father and as an american to say thank you to you from my heart. the cousin of you and the millions of americans you represent, abortion is in steep decline in america today. abortion is less available, u.s. legal, and most importantly, less morally acceptable than any other time since 1973. you alone can expose the empty promises of the left who offer a choice but deliver only heart ache and disappointment at the national conference. the media will depict some

are asking you what your top issue is in this campaign. let's hear from james in missouri, who is supporting hillary clinton. caller: good morning. jobssue would have to be and the racial divide. get those two issues up. ourselves more. there is so much we could do with the infrastructure. it needs to be done. people can have a steady income and enhance the united states and make it a better situation. said she would support this idea that president obama has talked about which is putting money in infrastructure. caller: definitely. i know this is something obama would have liked to have done, but congress -- like mitch mcconnell -- said that he would be a one term president. you haven't done anything doing this. host: all right. i will leave it there. i will get more phone calls intimate -- in a minute. >> you have mentioned that president obama is postponing a campaign event for hillary clinton today that he is heading to fema to talk about the approach of hurricane matthew. the visit expected a little after 11:00 this morning in d.c.. officials are very concerned about the appr

kansas city, missouri. good morning, trump supporter. caller: good morning. about the e to talk first issue that you brought up, that donaldyou said russians to hack hillary clinton's e-mails. hat i heard and i heard it several times the same clip, he hack it, ing them to hadas implying that if they already done so, would they look had gh the data that they and see if they could find certain things. at it in that regard, if that is true fthere i didn't ething that hear, then wouldn't have you to completely false? host: angie drobnic holan, what you think? guest: we rated it half true. comment.peculiar one thing about donald trump is hat he's a very dynamic public speaker. he often says things where his could be interpreted he's been or ironic, difficult to fact check in that way. sometimes he contradicts himself. we've done a number of reports where he says he didn't say say o. that e did one about the russians hacking, was an eyebrow raising statement when he said maybe the hillary can find clinton's e-mails. there is a lot of concern now russia e comment that has been hacking

bit into southern indiana, a little bit into southern missouri also, as well as a little bit of western kentucky. their headquarters were basically in east st. louis, in st. clair county, illinois. the st. clair-madison county area, across the river from st. louis, that was the foundation for many years of the sheltons' criminal and arises. bootlegging, racketeering, and eventually control of gambling. peoria is the last big hurrah in the shelton saga. world war ii is starting. and it was interesting, peoria was wide open. everything and anything went in peoria. it had a national repetition for being a wide-open city, and amazingly, the underworld activity in peoria had continued to be dominated and led by local gangsters. now, this wasn't the case anywhere else in illinois. north of peoria, it was all dominated by the al capone syndicate out of chicago, and south of peoria to the tip of the state it was all shelton gang territory. and peoria have remained kind of a neutral buffer zone between these two major criminal entities. of shadya was a haven activities back then, but con

, missouri, and indiana. you can read more today. have more now on the florida senate race from this morning' is washington journal. we are back continuing our battleground series of florida. isn us from fort lauderdale dr. susan macmanus. why is floridah about a ground state? -- florida a battleground state? a guest: --ida is guest: florida is a microcosm of the united states. we are a melting pot and our demographics more closely parallel the united states with race and ethnicity. we are absolutely almost tied in terms of percentage of registered democrats and republicans. 30% democrats and 36% republicans and the rest? no party affiliation. registration is your parity. what is the impact of that on outcomes in the state swinging back and forth? guest: the last three elections , predictor only carried florida by 1%. had -- onlyr only carried florida by 1%. bested romney, he only won by 0.9%. the grassroots is critical. the swing voters are on the rise . it explains why we're just inundated with television ads and have been. host: the electoral votes, how many? and what does that me