Support. On the end window plenty of instances where candidates have 25 that dont when the nomination. Lets just treat him as a candidate. I havent read the story but its good people pick up on that because theres too much to talk of him as a h teahouse of ministers about putting together a campaign. Whether hes going to spend 100 million of his own money to fund a campaign, hes not taking money from others, that seems unclear but i think hes not. Thats another question. Host arlen, independent, youre on the air. Caller good morning. I like what the earlier man said about the democratic party. I would add that youve got the progressive and after adding to it the progressive do it. My question is about donald trump if donald trump all of a sudden started picking fights with the Republican Party and the fox news channel, do you think maybe he might be setting up a strawman in order to come back later if his numbers start to fall, and then complain about the republicans and having mistreated him . And then lead off votes from the Republican Party and run as a third candidate . Guest thats a good question. My original fear about trump into what he would do what ross perot did and run as a Third Party Candidate. He didnt run in the republican primaries. I think oddly, not oddly, trumps success in Republican Party so far the fact that the stinking as you say hiring all these people in iowa will make it harder for him to run as a Third Party Candidate. Whats the rationale . He will be on the stage in the debate beauties getting more press, more media time than every other republican put together. He would either win or he will not win. I think its hard to explain in march or april thats okay, i start to lose, i will not win the nomination, so im running third party. Weve seen an awful lot of people want to change the course of the country. They dont think president obama has been taking us down the right path and i think they think correctly the Republican Party is the way to do that. Im actually more reassured trump will not run as a Third Party Candidate because i dont think its credible to say he hasnt had a fair chance. Hes had a pretty good run here. Know what is for all the media doesnt like me stuff, is on every major show, every network, covered in every newspaper. They show his features live half the time. What does he have to complain about . Caller good morning. This about donald trump running, i think this is a republican gain, good cop, bad cop. I think trump does these remarks are says these remarks because in the past, the gop, the Republican Party hasnt carried the team to vote very much. Passionate latino vote. They were in hot water with the ladies, with the women. And i think what donald trump is doing is criticizing them a lot so that the other Republican People who are running gamble or must be sympathetic. And even though the latinos and women voters, many with democrats, i think that is one game they are playing to try to get that gop playing. Guest i wish the republicans were so clever to set up the good cop, bad cop dynamic. It may have that effect i do agree the republican nominee basic hes not crazy like trump, no one planned it. Its a pretty chaotic, special because the Party Establishments are so weak now. People show up and decide to run. If you a lot of money it helps. If youre famous as a celebrity and some has been around politics the law. A lot. Anyway, i dont think anyone suspected it. I dont think anyone planted. Look, a lot of politics is also reacting to these circumstances. A lot of my friends bought in 92 that bill clinton was fed up, be in a fight with census soldier we criticize some of its upper some of her songs. Clinton was good at taking, he didnt plan that. It was the controversy and assorted distance himself from Jesse Jackson in the system soldier mullah. I think the other republican candidates beauty thing, look, trump is here. Hes not going to say one bad thing about megyn kelly clark jorge ramos and everything will go poof and whoops, sorry, im going back to my office. In the debate about how to take advantage of 12. Jeb bush thinking im going to take on trump. Im not sure yet and the best way possible. He looks like he is wagging his finger at trump instead of sort of maybe why does a challenge into a one on one debate . They set up the system 10 people on stage, so what . Will the rnc prevent trouble for something to nominate him to win the primaries but i dont think so. Why doesnt jeb bush site i will sit down with donald trump and lets have a to our discussion about fundamental Public Policy issues or immigration, health care . Lets see which has more to say. They are just not being, i dont know, i think trump is indefinitely a good test to the other republican candidates, how nimble, how agile are they . You have two do that to destroy the clinton show that in 92. Reagan in 80. What was the famous saying . Someone pay for this microphone . They sort of game did not have the time but also depend on the Reagan Campaign being alert to the possibility that they could look like the ones who wanted to let and would end the debate. So kept react, campaign this good test like sports. You have to react to whats happening on the few. I think the other candidates are still stunned by trump and how to get how to react yet. Host we would like them to talk of yours. We appreciate that. Bill klesse, thank you very much. Guest my pleasure. So thrilled and excited to be here and i want to thank cspan for covering this National Book festival. We have a beautiful sunny day and hope the camera shows behind me how huge the crowds are. So excited. One thing true about exceptional president s cant be said too often, is that they are the exception. [laughter] thank you all for coming today. This is a wonderful event. Its been said have been in the library. Well, if thats the case, heaven has gone out of his side today and were in heaven at this National Book festival. Festival. Young people are not the leader for tomorrow. You must set yourself, i am a youth leader for today. That was an article for the atlantic try to show we had this red blue map but when you went in any the people, the divide was a little divide. There was political scientist just encountered the idea that the country itself is as polarized as washington is just wrong. I dont know a single political scientist who believes that spirit i hope all people will realize whatever they have done in life is something that ought to be recorded and passed on to the next generation. Thats what we learn. We learn for the future i trying to understand the past. All of us have a past student when you talk about when they were you would only focus on saipan. You didnt talk that much about guam. So why did you speak with this is a great question goes to the heart of almost all the questions we talk about. Its to the point. We realize there was no way we could tell the whole story. There was no way we could be short of an encyclopedia of having a story read like the telephone book. And, of course, the telephone book is not a story. To live and do justice to everything spent i think all the opportunities are open for women now. When i was in law school, i graduated in 1967, there were 13 women in my class of 500. Today the law schools are 50 50. I think the key to understanding is never like people who put profit above the public good or and his he was the spark that was areas belong to the American People for generations unborn and they need to be handed on as places to awaken the spirit. I made a career out of my love for books. And to help spread that love i helped to found the texas book festival and then the National Book festival. But while i love reading, i never thought i would write the book. Certainly not one about myself. The goal in some ways, the book is a sense of urgency to go to the oldest people in our families and to find it and take it the stories before its too late, to be able, ive had off and about our member in los angeles who both came together, and after hearing the song, about hearing about the book the daughter said to the father, im taking to to the coffee shop and youre going to tell me the story. I think when history looks back, 30 plus Million People for the Health Insurance rolls, thats going to be quite a change, quite a Martin Luther king said, the moral arc of the universe been solid but it bends towards justice. I think that was a bending towards justice. To our things wrong with the Health Care Bill idea village onto what is said . The same thing about the civil rights bill which was a very passionate important thing is we pass the. Wheonce you pass it easy to go k and fix it. I believe the narrative of the story and true calling is to bring back the debt. I cant do that not one with the outside future for me with, the eisenhowers and patterns of the war but also others, is the mirror like general ted roosevelt, jr. Spent at this stage, but i dont think i get for 10 years until it fell more or Franklin Pierce las. [laughter] enters the big person to go back to easily become bring all my guys in the room at the same time and going to write about leadership thats really what i care about underneath it all. It will be [applause] thank you. Cspan is going to ask to hae questions called into cspan and cspan will now answer , applied at 7 p. M. Eastern, author discusses his book earlier this summer the Senate Special committee on aging held a hearing on Diabetes Research and funding efforts. Directors let me thank everyone for gathering earlier then we had anticipated. Due to those sabine scheduled on the senate floor we wanted to make sure that our young people who are here today and are the focus of this herein did not have to sit for a very long time while members of this committee went to vote. We are holding todays hearing in conjunction with the jdr at 2015 childrens congress to examine how diabetes affects people of all ages with a special focus on americans with type one diabetes and their families. This is the eighth consecutive childrens congress that i had shared. It has been such a privilege to work with jdr f, the families, they young people from all across the country whose commitment to finding a cure is inspiring. I went to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses and the more than 160 delegates to the childrens congress who had traveled to watch from every state in the country and from around the world. To tell us in Congress Just what its like to have the diabetes, how serious it is and why it is so important that Congress Fund the research necessary to discover a qr. I want to give a special welcome to the two delegates from maine, Isabelle Levesque and mark holberg from harrington. Also here is kate hall, a remarkable young woman from pasco maine who is diagnosed with type one when she was 10. An outstanding athlete, kate recently broke a 39year old National HighSchool Record in the long jump. She jumped on astonishing 22 feet, 5 inches. As the founder of the Senate Diabetes Caucus i have learned a lot over the years about the difficulties and heartache that this disease causes for so Many American families as they await a cure. Diabetes is a lifelong condition that does not discriminate. It affects people of every age, race and nationality. Moreover, diabetes causes cost the United States an estimated 245 billion a year, a cost that is projected to more than double by the year 2020. It also accounts for one out of three medicare dollars. In fact, medical costs for americans with diabetes are more than double those incurred by individuals without diabetes. These statistics are certainly overwhelming. But, what really motivated me to devote so much energy and time to this cause is meeting more and more families like our delegates today whose lives have been forever changed by diabetes. That is why it is so important that you have traveled to washington today to tell your personal story. You put a human face on the statistic. Since we founded the senate for diabetes for Diabetes Research has more than tripled from 310 million to 1997, to well over a billion dollars this year. As a consequence, we have seen some encouraging breakthroughs and are on the threshold of a number of new discoveries. Advances in Technology Like continuous glucose monitors are helping patients control their blood glue close levels, which is key to preventing diabetes complications. We are also moving closer and closer to our goal of an artificial pancreas, which would revolutionize diabetes care. Well, todays hearing is being held in conjunction with the jdr f childrens congress, the fact is that 85 of those living with type one diabetes are adults and many of them are seniors. I was surprised and troubled to learn that interdependent Medicare Beneficiaries are being denied coverage for continuous glucose monitors. As a consequence, we are seeing situations similar to what we saw with the insulin pumps in the late 1990s where individuals with type one diabetes have had their coverage or their monitors on their private insurance only to lose that coverage when they age into medicare. Even though 95 of private insurers cover continuous glucose monitors. Medicare does not. And that is why high have joined senators, the cochair of the senator to introduce legislation to require medicare to cover this important device. While we are making progress in the battle against diabetes, this is no time to take our foot off the accelerator. Earlier this year we were able to pass legislation to extend the special Diabetes Program for two more years through september of 2017. This provides an additional 150 million a year for type one Diabetes Research over and above the regular appropriations for Diabetes Research as the National Institute of health. I am hopeful that this afternoons hearing will help to generate even more support in congress to extend this Important Program into the future. In closing, let me just say the years i have worked on this issue i have been so impressed with the changes in technology and the differences that they have made to the lives of People Living with type one diabetes. And i have never failed to inspire me when i see all of the young people of all ages from all around the country who come to washington, to share their stories with us. So, thank you so much for being here with us today. Senator mccaskill. Thank you senator mcauleys and in the interest of time because we had those and we are doing this early because of that i will not give my formal opening statement, but if you want it does me for a minute. Guys look so awesome. I am not used to looking out [applause]. This is a hearing room that we usually use for our service and im on the Armed Services committee and typically i look in the audience and its a bunch of, you know, people who are wonderful leaders and heroes, but they are kind of people in uniform, so i have to get a picture of this. [applause]. I am so proud of all of you. And i am looking at all of you in blue because you are learning firsthand that you can make a difference and you are here in washington because this is your governments and your government needs to listen to you about what youre living with and what your needs are and the incredible gaping hole we have in this country that i am fortunate to serve with the senator because she and i agree on this, that we have to invest in medical research. It has to be something that drives our commitment as a nation. So, i will only do a couple of shout outs. Obviously i want to shout out to immediately cooper who will testify today. She is from kansas city and she is probably a royals fan. I am a cardinals fan, but we learn to love each other because it is all one state. She is not the typical 15year old, however. Amelia is a world traveler having visited 35 countries, a crosscountry skier, at Half Marathon finisher in a published author. And a person living with type one diabetes and we are proud to have you here, a millionaire. I also went to shout out from someone from my alma mater. He has too many, schmitz as a pediatrician for me to begin to talk. He is a chaired pediatric with that missouri a school of medicine in clubby with amazing credentials and thank you for your work and finally i went to recognize the fact that your the ceo of jdr f and the fact that you are from st. Louis, so we evened out, a milia. All that he is a cardinals fan. So, st. Louis has a very active chapter and frankly a lot of you all across my state who have made me known for many years that this is something we need to stay focused on, so thank you for being here and most of all thank you, madam chairman for colonist hearing and the chairman has done this for many years and im proud to be ranking on her committee and i am proud of the work she has done in this area. So, thank you all. Thank you very much. I just want to echo what you said. This is not our typical hearing. It is a great one, not to say we dont have wonderful hearings all the time. [laughter] we are going to get in trouble here. You are right. We will now turn to our panel of witnesses. Its my great pleasure to introduce isabel Isabelle Levesque from maine. Isabel was diagnosed with type one diabetes at the age of two. She is an extraordinarily active girl who enjoys reading, arts and