About where you are going . Do you have the opportunities to get ahead . We are asking the yes and asking a yes and no question. The number is you can also send us an email, send us a tweet, or join us on facebook. Com. This is what the question looks like on our twitter page. Do you think there is an opportunity to get ahead in america i . , ifd on the new gallup poll you want to check it out it is online at gallup. Com. Opportunitynty of to get ahead here in america. The survey was released over the last couple of days. While the u. S. Has historically prided itself on an open ended mobility, celebrating rags to riches stories, rising income inequality and a normally and abnormally high Unemployment Rate can call the question just how accurate this cherished belief is. Politicians have focused on reducing social inequality as a key part of their policy initiatives. Fewer believing there is opportunity to get ahead. To get ahead. 7 00 eastern time as we moved back one hour as wheat and daylight savings time over the weekend. Lets share some of the headlines from some of the newspapers around the country. A preview of the vote in new jersey and new jersey in new jersey and virginia as Chris Christie is expected to be expected to win the election. Some polls show a dead heat with ken cuccinelli. We will talk more about virginia politics with charlie cook. We will also preview the upcoming midterm elections. There is this, what is at stake. And of the stark choices heavy consequences that face the commonwealth of for junior. Of these headlines are courtesy of the museum. L. A. Times has the story from lax and the shooting from the airport. The headline from the boston sunday globe, as a red sox fan win fans celebrate winning the world series. In the front page of the Chicago Tribune has this headline the analysis finding that chicago through the legions of dollars from bond money in 2000 to meet its shortterm budget needs. The reckless borrowing and ding speed some of the headlines on this sunday. Lets begin with your calls and comments on the opportunity to get ahead in america. We are asking a yes or no question. Iran is joining us come up early from alaska. Go ahead. Us, up earlyoining from alaska. Go ahead. I am in support of the new Alaska Pipeline going it connectsto where with the rest of the United States. However, when this proposed gas line was put on paid her on my personal opinion nothing was thoroughly prepared as far as making sure there would be no future damaging to as far as security preventing any kind of spills in any way, shape, or form. The other opportunity is to be creative as equal opportunity employment for College Students that are in college, as opposed to them coming to alaska to fish with the Fishing Industries hoping and praying that it will not only be a good season but they can make enough money to return back to school. Whereas the United States coast guard can get involved, provided the same training techniques that the coast guard receives, to local communities so that young people can have an opportunity to assist in managing the fisheries and , just likeur state to do from the seattle puget sound the canadian border. Thank you for joining the conversation. This is from robert evans, who has this point the Gallup Organization has been conducting this whole since the early 1950s. The same question was asked in 1952. Here are the results. Eight percent said not much of an opportunity to get ahead in america. In 1952, as back with comparison to 1998. 17 said theres not much opportunity to get ahead. 81 said plenty of opportunity. Though that these figures. Y are Available Online look at these figures, they are Available Online. 57 said plenty of opportunity but 41 said not much. This year the numbers are shrinking even more, 43 saying not much opportunity and 52 same plenty of opportunity. Phone from the savannah, georgia. Say no, why gecko caller why gecko why . I really do not see it right now. Those who do have opportunity and make it, i think they are just lucky. I dont see it in america. I am kind of disgusted. Host where would you live . Caller i would probably go abroad were you can get Free Education, free medical benefits, and not worry about the racial issues. Host if it is free, who pays for it to . Caller not sure who pays for the listening to your program and listening to other countries , i would less stressed at least give them an opportunity. You mean denmark, right right . Er caller denmark. Host monti has this point you can call in to join the conversation do you feel you have the opportunity to get ahead in America Ayako from michigan, jessica is up next. Good morning. In america . From michigan, jessica is up next. Good morning. Caller it is hard to get ahead in america when asians are taking our jobs here and taking our jobs overseas. The media believes we need a bunch of schooling to get ahead. I think that is wrong. Host thank you for the call. Looking at the comparison of the chart we showed you from 1952 james is next from grand forks, north to code up. You say you do not have the opportunity to get ahead in this country, why . I have to say no i have to say that is where i come from. , cspanegular caller junkie for 15 years. My current worker. I have to go 60 miles for a better life. It is hard, especially with the weather getting cold. I have some good jobs out here. I lost a finger out here in the Agro Business and had to get patched up. Back home in pennsylvania i was going to a general torilla position to a janitorial position. 50 men for a car wash job. Is theam blown away by continuing unending mass of third world immigration. We have 3. 1 people 3. 1 Million People come here every year. I think there is opportunity. I believe in hope and change. I believe in a better world. I dont speak for north dakota. The good people out here are probably the toughest men i have ever met in my life out here did out here. I see whole crews of women landscapers, men in the oil fields, there are mostly white and black eyes out here. The idea that you need Illegal Immigrants to work the business, or even the harvested i worked in the harvest and there were a lot of mexicans but a lot of white guys to. A lot of indians even. Say, i the hard part to do not understand why democrats, women who have a child that is even if he has an education hes finished. I have been i am 49 and i have been through the ringer of reverse discrimination. I dont know how you vote against the interest of your race and people. We have to have a loyalty or your children are going to be finished. Thank you for sharing your story. If you are just tuning in or joining us on cspan radio, which is heard nationwide, we have moved to xm channel 120. We are asking if you feel you have the opportunity to get ahead in america. Theres this from robin who says following newsmakers, which airs every sunday after washington journal, youll hear the testimony of kathleen sebelius. She testified this past week before the house energy and commerce committee. Here it in its entirety at 10 35 eastern time. Reporting this morning that healthcare. Gov has gone dark over the weekend. You try to login this morning, it is unavailable. Just part of the problems that healthcare. Gov has been facing. The department of health and Human Services will be making updates to the application and enrollment tools. The website is expected to be back sometime after 9 a. M. This morning. From new york, michael is joining us. Caller one of the biggest problems we face in America Today is the outsourcing of american jobs. Ahead, bute can get we need to start creating industry here. Congress has a big problem. There is a message for you, there is where the broken wheel lives. Join and fixte and this problem with unemployment in america. Are going to have to see both parties come together. As far as the fanatical organization goes, i think they also need to look at the core facts that america has to go back to work. Everyone has to join together. That goes all the way up to the top. We have to unite the country. Bring it back together. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. There is this from ron. Wolfgang in the washington is focusing on the president s weekly address that is what it is all about, the stakes for the middle class here go the president taking aim at sequestration cuts created he says it has helped sequestration cuts. The president s address was short on specifics but it did offer clues to the overall approach to budget negotiations. Deadline, the agreement is set to be in place if they work out a plan by the middle of december. The first round of meetings held by senator patty murray, democratic chair of the budget committee. Future negotiations are scheduled in the week ahead. The houses back in session this week. The senate was here last week. Those chambers here until the say until the thanksgiving day recess. S bonnie is joining us from riverton, wyoming. You say this is not the land of opportunity. It is a land of opportunity but with a government that is the only thing that is working, we have too much government. Care about our people. We do not look at things like we used to. We better go back to the bible, better go and listen to people when they say what is happening is right there in the bible. I do believe this is the best country in the whole world. This is the best. If somebody thinks they need to be taking care of the need to go somewhere else. We have never been taking care of. Do for ourselves and we appreciate what we have got. Thank you very much for your c span. This is a piece from joe davidson from Washington Post tony is joining us from orlando, florida. Welcome to the program. Caller good morning. I love the show. Of it is great. If the government work with the people to get ahead, they could have more opportunity to do that. I look at this as an opportunity for small businesses. Dishwasher, i worked harder than anyone else. I worked at a restaurant for 18 years. I couldnt have anyone i couldnt get anyone to come in and help. I hired people from poland who had to degrees in accounting who on immigration visas just to work. The regulations they put on people hurt the opportunity for the American Dream. To me the American Dream was work hard, you have an opportunity on a business it is not that way anymore. You better work hard for the government if you want to get ahead these days. It is a shame. That is not the america i knew. That lady should go to denmark. We have a hard time supporting her. Host thank you for the call. Steve is joining us from west palm beach, florida. Caller good morning. Good morning. I cannot the two terribly illustrative ash cannot be too terribly illustrative, i have been i cannot be too terribly illustrative. A lot ofen doing a studying of the United States economy going back to revolutionary times. There were a lot of periods where the economy was very volatile. You were so many booms and busts in the 19th century and so on. The last 25 years, from 1890 to from was very sehgal 1990 22 thousand seven, was very stable. 1990 to 2007 was very stable. If you never owned a house you might go from a time when you live alone in a single apartment to where you have to have a roommate back to where you can afford a single apartment and back and forth depending on what is. Economy if people lose that resiliency they feel there is no opportunities to get ahead. That is basically what i want to say. Journal. Comnational but he railed along the way schedule got derailed on long the way. The senate would tackle a number of nominations. The employee nondiscrimination act and drug legislation one clarification, the houses back next week. They will return after the veterans day holiday. Sandy is joining us from phoenix, arizona. You say this is not the land of opportunity. Why is that . Caller it used to be. People could start up a business and thrive. Friend opened up a cigarette store. You could go in and make it and make your own cigarettes a lot cheaper, half the price of a regular pack. I guess the Big Companies did not like it. They decided to take it to court and sue it and sue them. Now they have this electric cigarette that they companies that Big Companies do not like either. They are going to tax them out of business. Arizona, big mesa they have thousands of cars completely wasted and crushed. Host thank you for the call. A political note from the hill paper an ad is airing tomorrow that uses past statements, slamming Charlie Crist. He was once theory governor of florida as a republican. He will enter as a democrat after filing the necessary paperwork on friday. Details online at the hill. Com. Our Newsmakers Program is focusing on the farm bill with tom vill sack with tom vill ilsack. Tom v conversation, why the farm bill is important [video clip] investing literally billions of dollars in business development. Money is going to be invested in Renewable Energy and biobased products. It is a research built. It will provide resources to universities to come up with new innovations. Because of our research initiatives, i think 360 four Patent Applications have occurred just from usda sponsored grants. It is a conservation bill and an ability to protect our soil and water. It is a trade bill. This creates the resources with which we can promote agricultural trade. Heart of what is lost in the discussion in this town is the scope of this bill. On thes so narrowly commodity title, on the snap title and the nutrition title, we fail to recognize everything in between. That is why i am Encouraging Congress to get this done. Yes there are consequences. But the benefits are huge. Frankly, if we want to talk about jobs and infrastructure, if we want to talk about Renewable Energy, if we want to talk about trade, it is in this bill. If people recognize that, i think they will encourage their members of congress to get this done and quickly. Why this hasyou such a widespread effect that the Administration Still seems to be standing on the sidelines . I dont think that is a fair characterization of what we are doing. We are providing the Technical Assistance and creative thought create bit of thought request from the committee. Creative thought request from the committee. I am meeting with ranking members and other members of the Conference Committee. The process is ongoing. I am not sure what folks would expect us to do beyond that. Important thing to do, to provide the tools and equipment and to knowledge and information and data that will allow these Conference Committee members to get to the right policy. Former governor of iowa, now the agriculture secretary, joining us on the mist maker on the Newsmakers Program. Do you feel you have the opportunity to get ahead in america . We are asking a yes and no question. We are also taking your tweets and emails. This is from one of our viewers maurice is joining us from ohio. You say yes, why . You have to work a little bit harder than you used to. Youhave to be smarter and have to watch the landmines the government sets out for you. Besides all that you can work hard and put your nose to the grindstone. Inry day you have to put eight hours. I came to this country when i was eight years old. I got educated, i had my knocks. I own a business and i do well. Host thank you for the call. Page above the fold, more on healthcare. Gov. Healthcare. Gov, how a startup failed to launch and a report with extensive behindthescenes on how the troubled website was launched in some of the lessons dating back to 2010 when those emails and memos were first sent back and forth between white house staffers. Let me share with you an opening paragraph or two. The president s top economic aids were getting worried moving to the a page from thef editorials new york times, this one taking aim at the president s promises a frequent guest on this program has this piece from inside the weekly standard, it is called the debacle for liberalism. He writes this conclusion from pete winner. Baxter calls. Pete is joining us from starkville, mississippi. Is this the land of opportunity in america . Be, but it isd to increasingly getting to not be the land of opportunity. Have a job where work over eight hours a day. I work overtime every week, sometimes as much as 60 hours a week. It seems like more and more, income is going to pay for the Free Education and health care and food of the lady from georgia. I kind of wish we could go back where wesh recession all had jobs and could afford the fuel in a car. Thats all i have to say. Ok. thanks for the call. Robert lambert has his point. From the Jerusalem Post there is the story. Pineda was receiving an award saying it is the Supreme Leader who is the key and not likely to give up uranium enrichment. We have to remain strong, we have to remain consistent. You can read the Details Online from the Jerusalem Post. Bellevue, same as the Mental Hospital down in new york city. America is a land of opportunity. Fascinated byrly the gentleman who called from north dakota, because theyre close to canada and they are mostly of german descent, soliciting north dakota. I worked with people from north dakota and god bless them all, they are stout. Just as you caller said. To sure, there are a lot of barriers to commerce inherent to the u. S. Government the the federals federalists just want money. That is why they ship all the jobs overseas. Ok, daniel. Thanks for the call. Influence and image. Our focus this week is may me