roberts and a recent situation of this against jeff taylor who was a charlotte hornets player and i understand he received a 24 game suspension for a condition for beating his girlfriend. and what i saw is the union complained that that was excessive and as i understand it the player had accepted this and i have to say that your response or the union's response said that this is excessive and this highlights the problem that we are facing today. and it is discussing the would say that. so i wanted to address that. what we do in those situations and why do you believe that and if we are going to get this issue, this has to be the players and the responsibility of blue owners and everyone has to have a hand at this. so i would like to know what you are thinking. >> i'm happy to answer your question. and let me declare that some punishment was not wanted. of course it was. and we expected them to impose punishment and they did. we have this which we had a disagreement about that indicated that that was excessive punishment. and so again, opposition was that they required us to collectively bargai

winners of the national book critics circle, robert pulido and francine gray. just waters, newberry winners of course neil, steve schengen, rebecca stead and jacqueline woodson. [applause] the prizewinner -- okay it's very exciting to your age prize winner and then finally the six winners of the national book awards, will alexander, edward, judy, of course ursula le guin. please join me in welcoming and recognizing these great writers. [applause] now i have have to thank a few people. okay. first i have to think amazon because that's one of the terms of my new vendor agreement with them. i actually do have to thank all of the financial supporters including amazon, barnes and noble, penguin random house, the book publishing macmillan, the foundation, google, harpercollins, perseus, deborah wiley and added to a charitable trust. [applause] please give them a hand. they made it possible for us to do this today. [applause] also a special thank you to the miami book fair really tremendous but they are doing for us. they've offered to fly all the national book award

summer and received some criticism for not maintaining a residence in the state. -- chadary component taylor dropped out of the race in the beginning of september. this is over 15 minutes. >> i am absolutely delighted to get to be here. and the senator and i were out there and we just got in our first real argument. i'm telling him how happy i am to be here. we are proud of him and the great work he's done all these years and he's going to keep doing not just for kansas but for the rest of america. he said, you know, you're in third. we were going back and forth. he is a conservative and he is what america needs. i know i'm supposed to be -- i'm talking about all of america. i'm talking about the need to have fighters there in the senate who will fight like our country's future depends on it, because it does. and we have a senator right here who is tried, tested and true. and bleeding that purple too -- [applause] no question where he stands. i am so thankful that he proved that a year ago today and last night. he is one of the few senators fulfilling campaign promises, doing what the americ

senate in incumbent republican pat robert faces independent challenger orman. democrat chad taylor has withdrawn from the race but is included on the ballot. ksn tv policy has the race in a tie. at some of the ads running in kansas. >> so who is greg orman really, he's run against the democrats before. he's given 38 grand to liberal democrats. orman gave thousands to hillary clinton, harry reid and barack obama. like obama, greg orman will say elected.to get even pretending he's a conservative, like pat roberts. senator roberts. i agree with the senator. i don't disagree with the senator. senator roberts. by the way, just so we're clear, i agree with the senator. want to know when you're going to take abe stand and tell us what party you're with.to conference [cheers and applause] are you going to be a republican one day and a democrat the next and a democrat one day and a republican, where are you going to be? ormanny politicians like and obama are the problem. principled conservatives like are the solution. >> i'm pat robert. message. this >> if we want to ge

up next the first kansas senate debate between incumbent and gregpat roberts orman. chad taylor did not take part after announcing he has with drawn from the waist -- from the race that she has withdrawn from the race. >> welcome to the kansas state fair in hutchison. we bring you now the u.s. senatorial debate as the focus. i am former broadcaster with the kansas radio networks. i will be serving as the moderator for the units -- for the u.s. senatorial debate. before i introduce the candidates i will introduce the folks asking the questions. liz is with the kansas radio networks in topeka. we also have two people who were on the governor's panel, michael swanky, reporter anchor and nick sweeney, the managing editor of the hays daily news. our timekeeper is todd, news director in salina. the rules are similar to what we had in the governor's debate. two candidates will have 90 seconds for an opening and closing statement. they will have one minute to respond to questions. the candidate who answers first also will have 30 seconds of rebuttal time. you are not here to

robert a. lawrence jr. nancy eyen. juan william rivera. paul v.rizza. leal alter roberts. kenneth j. swenson. sandra c. taylor. paul a.tegmir. and our brother, charles anthony murphy. and my loving sister, it's been 13 years, but for us, it seems like yesterday. you're sadly missed by all, especially your family and friends, including your mom, marta brazil and we'll always be the wings my wings. >> good job. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the pentagon will hold a farewell parade and ceremony nor outgoing armed services committee chairs in the house and senate. senator carl levin and mccain kuhn are retiring tend of at the term. we'll have live coverage tomorrow. and then former u.s. ambassador to syria, robert ford, will take part in the discussion of the threat from isis. live coverage from the center for american progress begins at noon eastern. >> up next on c-span, debate for iowa's third congressional house estate. democrat stayi faces david young, and then a bree view of the upcoming u.s. supreme court term. then l