[captioning performed by national captioning institute] on the next washington congressman Lynn Westmoreland and georgia talks funding of theop healthcare law. And representative from illinois discusses a debate over a possible Government Shutdown. From themacher National Journal on capitol hill. And Charles Clarke of the Government Executive Media Group examined the effect the shop Government Shutdown would have on the public at large. Washington journal is live every morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. The book tells a story. It tells the story of a Nuclear Weapons accident in damascus, arkansas, that occurred in 1980, and i used that story, that narrative, as a way of looking at the management of our Nuclear Weapons, really since the First Nuclear device was invented in 1945. And i hope to remind readers that these weapons are out there , that they are still capable of being used, and that theres probably no more important thing that our government does then manage them. Because these are the most dangerous machines ever built. The subject has fallen off of the radar quite a bit since the end of the cold war. Want to heardo not together Nuclear Weapons and accidental detonation. Erictigative journalist schlosser on commandand control sunday night at 9 00 on afterwords on cspan2. Also this month, booktvs online club is reading this town. Get involved to post your comments on facebook and twitter. The candidates in virginias governors race, the second of three planned debate yesterday. The Fairfax Chamber of commerce and nbc 4 washington hosted democrat Terry Mcauliffe and republican Richard Nelly can cuccinelli in mclean, virginia. This is an hour. Good evening, im chuck todd, unwelcome to the janitorial debate between republican Ken Cuccinelli and democrat Terry Mcauliffe posted by Fairfax Chamber of commerce and nbc 4 and this debate is across nbc stations across the commonwealth and also nationally on cspan and streaming live on nbc washington. Com. I want to begin by quickly covering the roles of tonights. The debate will a lap dance will last one hour and will begin with twominute Opening Statements debate will last one hour and will begin with twominute Opening Statements. Questions are determined by nbc news and the panelists and have not been reviewed by the candidates of the fairfax channel. Each candidate will have one minute and 30 seconds to respond and the candidate answering first will have an additional one minute response. I as moderator will reserve the right to followup as needed. Finally, we will conclude the debate with one minute closing statements. There is a device that will notify candidates of their remaining time and wind time has expired in an interest to cover as much ground as possible we asked candidates to adhere to the time limits so we dont have to become timekeepers. Now, lets welcome our panel is pretty julie cary, nbc 4 Northern Virginia bureau chief who has been covering virginia politics for 20. Ben hur shane covers the d. C. , maryland, and Virginia Political scene for the Washington Post he joined it as a congressional blogger after a decade at capitol hill newspaper roll call. Least, aaron gilchrest, coanchor of news 4 today. He has covered for virginia governors. Now lets welcome the candidate for governor. The former chairman of the Democratic National committee, Terry Mcauliffe, and the attorney general of the state of virginia commonwealth of virginia, of course, republican Ken Cuccinelli. Lets have a round of applause. [applause] mr. Mcauliffe, by virtue of an earlier coin toss, you will go first with your twominute opening statement. Thank you, chuck, and thank you to the fairfax team for hosting us tonight and for all virginians watching at home. I would like to recognize my wife or people who is here for me tonight. For the last two decades we have been raising our five children here in Fairfax County. The choice in this race is simple, which candidate is going to govern from the mainstream, work with both parties, and focus on those Economic Issues that virginians are concerned about. Campaign, i have proposed Commonsense Solutions on issues of education among transportation, and workforce development. I have also been proud to earn the support of so many prominent republicans, many of whom have never supported a democrat before. The Bipartisan Coalition that we have assembled during this campaign reflects the approach that i would take as governor, following in the successful model of mark warner. Just a few weeks ago, my opponent changed his campaigns have to and his tactics. Probably because he was concerned that a number of republicans were no longer supporting his campaign. The result has been a sharp increase in the most personal of attacks. Theyve been called a deceitful and false by the press. Kindsxpect more of those of attacks tonight. But what virginians do expect from us is to hear how we are going to bring folks together in richmond. With the department of defense drawing down its overall spending and now with the sequestration, the next governor will face serious economic headwinds. We cannot afford the next four years in richmond to be like the last four in washington. Read lock, driven by the tea party, is once again risking a Government Shutdown that would be devastating to the virginia economy. In virginia, we have a strong record of working together, democrats and republicans, and with the challenges that lie ahead, we must embrace the tradition of Mainstream Solutions. We need those solutions now more than ever. And that is what i look forward to talking with you tonight. Thank you, mr. Mcauliffe. I would like to thank the chamber and nbc 4 for hosting us today and the panel for the visitation and terry for being here as well. It is nice to be right near the back yard where i grew up. Im the only candidate in this race with a lifetime of fighting for virginians, whether preventing sexual assault, helping the homeless are working to help those suffering from Mental Illness, a passion of mine for more than a decade and a half. Ive also served as a government for over 10 years and i know how it works. Im the only candidate in this race who will not need onthe job training if you elect me your governor this year. In this campaign, my opponent has a lot of time telling you why you shouldnt vote for me as governor, but not much time telling you why you should vote for him. You may not always agree with me and this race, but you always know where i stand and why i hold the positions that i do. To economics competitiveness, job creation, and higher education, i know we can all Work Together to make virginia a better place to live with lasting results. But it takes a governor who will fight for those issues and not for their own self interest. Where does my fight come from . Well, my italian grandfather didnt have more than a six grade education. He was one of the toughest, hardest working folks ive ever known, whether it was as a welder or in a scrapyard where he worked for years, or as a bareknuckle boxer during the depression probably his toughest job of all. He was proud to work to support his family. And today, ordinary folks all over virginia, like my grandfather, want nothing more than to share in the dignity of work. And i have a plan that will create 58,000 new jobs here in virginia. Reading jobs, fighting for the middleclass, and fighting for a good education for our children our priorities to my campaign and will be for my governorship. Ive proposed a detailed policy ideas for each. And ill begin on day one fighting to put those ideas into cap action if youll elect me november 5. You guys were pretty good there. Only about five seconds over for both of you. I am pleading with you tonight that that was your talking points and try to answer our questions. Let me begin. It will be a similar question for both of you, but mr. Mcauliffe come you get the first question. Nearly 20 million has been spent on tv ads in the race and 75 of them have been negative. I want each of you to respond to the stereotypes you have been trying to create about the other. Arestereotype of you as you an operator, cheerleader more than a legislator as governor or governor, that you dont have the relevant experience and you are a man in a hurry who is willing to use political connections sometimes in very high places to take shortcuts. Your response. Who grew upung man in syracuse, new york. I started my First Business when i was 14 years old, because i had to help pay for college. I have been involved in a number of businesses and that time. Chairman of the bank by the age of 30, built thousands of homes. I have been involved in a wide variety of different businesses. I want to bring the business approach, that business experience. I think it is important to have someone in the Governors Office who has those business experience, understand the ups and downs of businesses, understands that risk is inherent in our economy, and is willing to put everything into make sure we grow and diversify our economy. The sequestration, with budget cuts we have seen and the department of defense with 500 the stimulus is over. The next governors real challenge is how do you grow and diversify our business question mark how do we create new Economic Activity . Dorothy and i would love to have our five children stadium virginia. But in order to stay in virginia, we need to have those jobs of the 21st century, cybersecurity, nanotechnology, bio life violate sciences. Those are what we need to do to grow our economy. Now we have a lot of different hats. There are differences between us. My opponent has spent most of his career in a social ideological agenda. He has pushed personhood legislation which would outlaw most forms of contraception, which would make the pill illegal in virginia. He believes the board of health that would shut around the Womans Health centers. Women are 50 of the work or said the united egg, you cannot grow an economy by putting up walls im going to stop you there. You have 90 seconds the response. Well in this race, of course we got our ads on television. I point you to the kind of ads weve been running. Right now you all can see the ad that i am very proud of. One about thomas hainsworth, he rolled the record of virginia for serving more time in prison what is it then anyone in the history of the commonwealth. And he is out today on a 64 vote on our court of appeals because i took that case and 64. His side, and we won 55 is a loss. You know, thats the kind of story we are trying to tell, chuck, and this race. Thats the orient am proud of. I think there are reasons not to vote for mr. Mcauliffe or governor. We make that case as well. But we have a positive record to look back on in my case. Weve done a great job in the Attorney Generals Office fighting Health Care Fraud, internet predators. Weve worked even with capital one, as we sit here on some justice issues, just as access issues. Those are things near and dear to my heart. That is where we focused in this race. Im the only candidate whos gotten both the Major Business endorsement so far and this race, from the Northern VirginiaTechnology Council tax packs , and from virginia Small Businesses, has endorsement as well with their 55 hundred smallbusiness members. They obviously think my preparations and my plans for growing the economy here in virginia is best not just for them, but to make virginia a better place to live and raise a family. Mcculloch, as you get your 60 seconds to respond, i want you to deal with this issue. The newime said to york times that ive met all my business contacts through politics. Its all interrelated. We looked at it and a lot of it is political times. After all the ethical woes going on right now in richmond with the current governor, why shouldnt it give the voters pause that there could be some ethical unquestionable and questionable deals. Well, ive spent a lot of my life thats volunteering politics. Im committed, passionate. I started my First Business at a very young age, which was successful. I want to bring that business its parents. But listen, i stand by everything ive done in my life. I am very proud of my accomplishments. Dorothy and i decided to move to virginia about 21 years ago because we knew that it was the best place we could raise our family. But there is a difference when the attorney general who is in the middle of a Star Scientific scandal, the same gentleman who gave all the kids to the governor gave my opponent 18,000 worth of gifts. Star scientific, they owe virginia about 1. 7 million dollars. And instead of taking them to court, ken was being taken two trips to new york city, he got a 1500 turkey dinner. I said, thats a lot of turkey. And he was using his house. The taxpayers of virginia were owed that money and that of going and collecting what was our money, my opponent was actually taking gifts from this gentleman and he was buying stock and was not disclosing. We will get to that. Cuccinelli, the second official question, talking about the stereotype painted of you. That you will use her governorship to push a social agenda on abortion, gay rights, even on climate change, that you would be a governor simply for conservatives and you would not consider those who are liberals or moderates in your governing. Your response to the stereotype . I think one of the best responses to this is the broad array of supports we are getting from democrats, independents, and bipartisan groups like your Virginia Technology council tech virginia, then Small Businesses across virginia and the National Federation of independent businesses. The farm bureau, belize. Re getting a broader way broad array of support across virginia because i look forward well thought out plans that start with an understanding of how virginia Government Works and that we can move those plans forward because people can look at my record and say that what i campaign on is what i pursued. And as attorney general, right here in Fairfax County, fighting against overreaching regulations on a bipartisan basis with a fairfax board. We see in Fairfax County taxpayers and virginia taxpayers million. 0 look, i have some basic belize that are fundamental to me. But overwhelming proportion of my time as attorney general has been spent moving virginia forward economically and protecting liberty and our constitution. That is something you can continue to expect from me as your next governor. Someonearison here is who has told the New York Times that you help me, i help you. Thats politics. Heking about a case where was an unindicted coconspirator in a teamsters election Money Laundering case. If terry is elected governor, we will have to change the state motto to quid pro quo. In the Washington Post i have an article about how his higher ed policy changed on a dime when he got certain support , some of them republican, that kind of trading off without thinking through the policies particularly in an area that is going to make colleges let available to virginia and we had a bit of an error there. Was onlow the time that your table but you actually got a little more time. Seconds, mr. Out 95 mcauliffe. My opponent has been the attorney general. He has run a jobs on transportation. He gets into office and he runs on an service with an ideological agenda. Whether Womens Health centers where he believed the board of health. He sponsored personhood legislation that would outlaw most forms of contraception and would make the pill illegal. He referred to gay virginians as selfdestructive and soulless human beings. He was one of three attorney generals when the violence against women act was being reauthorized in the United States congress, or to seven attorneyerals general signed a letter, violence against women, not controversial, and he is one of three he refused to sign it. It has been a pattern. His attackelates to on gay virginians, when he was an attorney general who sent a letter to every college and university saying he they can provide no protections of discrimination based on Sexual Orientation against professors and students. Who was aboutan, to move their National Headquarters to virginia, it was between yelena virginia, obviously the employees squawked at that. What happened . Governor Bob Mcdonnell had to interject himself to stop as attorney general and say that deal. 300 highpaying jobs were right up the street from where we are today. There are consequences to this meanspir